Leeds Rhinos to complete another major transfer

Leeds Rhinos had already completed plenty of major transfers before yesterday.

The Rhinos have signed the likes of former Huddersfield Giants halfback Matt Frawley, exciting fullback Lachie Miller and Catalans Dragons prop Mickael Goudemand.

They have also drafted in Paul Momirovski from the NRL whilst making Brodie Croft their priority target.

Yesterday the Rhinos confirmed the signing of Brodie Croft with the added bonus of drafting in his Salford Red Devils teammate Andy Ackers.

This was for a combined fee of £300,000 with around £200,000 for Croft and £100,000.

According to reports in Australia, Croft’s deal is worth around 2 million over the three seasons in Australian Dollars.

This indicates the level of spending power being wielded by Rohan Smith and Gary Hetherington especially after the club’s sponsorship deal with AMT.

Croft and Ackers are major recruits

But they won’t be the last major signing Leeds Rhinos make ahead of 2024. The Rhinos are set to splash the cash on further signings with a prop and and a winger the likely targets.

The winger is to act as a back up to the likes of David Fusitu’a and Ash Handley.

Last week, as the club revealed a fantastic 15 year partnership with AMT which could be worth an eight figure sum, Leeds Chief Executive Gary Hetherington spoke about the interest in Croft.

This indicates how the deal was what enabled Leeds’ latest spending spree.

Hethertington said:

“Well I would normally say that we’re always interested in top quality players and certainly he is a top quality player. He’s the current Man of Steel and has had an outstanding time in England.

“So yes, we would be interested in such as him, and indeed a few more as well.”

Smith also commented on how Croft could potentially fit into the Rhinos system, saying: “I think as a coach you’ve got to blend the two things, how do you think the game should be played but also who are the players and what are their strengths. So if and when that happens we’ll have a good sit down and work out how it goes but until there’s some news there’s no energy being put into it by me.”