Excited! Hope we can get the right mix of retained and new recruits. Think the basic squad is solid just need to retain the right players and add SL quality.

NO.It`s been down for ages with no news on it.

Zak Hardaker and Ricky Leutele both announced as new signings - apparently!

Both will do nicely.

Leopards re-branding a bit naff though

I hope Hardaker goes the way of Hock (and Ryan Bailey), talented players with problems who I didn't much care for but certainly put on a good enough display while in the shirt.

I see that we have announced the signing of another 8 players

Bloomin' heck!

O'Brien and Mulhern in particular are good for me and despite the vitriol pouring out of a certain rugby town to the south of Leigh, I have also rated Holmes and just hope that Lam can turn his career around. He was certainly good at Cas.

Can anyone confirm which overseas players are staying and who is leaving? Thought that would have been mentioned today.

Next seasons squad:

Ipape (quota)
Jones
Lam
Leutele (quota)
MacDonald (quota)
Mellor
Mulhern
Nakubuwai (quota)
Nisbet
O'Brien
O'Donnell (quota)
Reynolds
Smith
Wardle
Wilde
Amone (quota)
Asiata (quota)
Brand
Briscoe
Chamberlain
Charnley
Davis
Ferguson (quota)
Gannon
Hardaker
Holmes
Hughes

Seems to me like one of those has to go, and if rumours are correct it will be MacDonald.

Info from photos:

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its appalling no website/lctv...........as is leopards

Leigh Leopards -Super League 2023
1. Gareth O'Brien
2. Blake Ferguson (O)
3. Zak Hardaker
4. Ricky Leutele (O)
5. Josh Charnley
6. Lachlan Lam (O)
7. Joe Mellor
8. Tom Amone (O)
9. Edwin Ipape (O)
10. Robbie Mulhearn
11. Joe Wardle
12. Jack Hughes
13. John Asiata (O)
14. Matt Davis
15. Tom Briscoe
16. Oliver Holmes
17. Aaron Smith
18. Keenan Brand
19. Ben Reynolds
20. Ed Chamberlain
21. Nathan Wilde
22. Jacob Gannon


Possibly leaving the club
Caleb Aekins (return to Aus or NZ)
Kai O'Donnell (return to Aus)
Sam Stone (linked to Melbourne Storm)
Mark Ioane - Keighley
Chris Green (future unknown - injured until 2023)
Luis Roberts - Leeds
Jacob Jones
Krisnan Inu (Rumours of Keighley)
Tom Nisbet (Currently on Loan)
Jy Hitchcox
Keiron Dixon - Widnes
Adam Sidlow – Salford
Ben Nakubuwei
Nene McDonald (Probably Leeds)

If Nene goes to Leeds as expected - that with leave 1 Overseas slot and maybe a 2nd if Lachy is approved.
Announced today leaves a squad of 22 - Chezzy in the Journal suggested there is more:
“In terms of recruitment though I have got 25/26 players all ready to go. So, there are lots of things to be positive about and we are in a stronger position than we have ever been as a club.”

27 have been announced as per the post above. One overseas needs to go though as we have 8.

Is Aaron Smith a Leigh player? Where was his signing announced?

He's in the list on the presentation. One year contract.