At least six first team squad members will leave Leeds Rhinos at the end of this season.
The exits of forward duo Morgan Gannon and Sam Lisone were announced earlier in the campaign and the departure of four more players was confirmed at Rhinos’ awards ceremony on Monday.
Presentations were made to Ethan Clark-Wood, Chris Hankinson, Joe Shorrocks and Jack Smith, as well as Lisone and Gannon.
Australian outside-back Clark-Wood joined Rhinos from Queensland Cup side Tweed Head Seagulls at the end of pre-season on a one-season deal and made a single first team appearance, away to Catalans Dragons in March.
He featured regularly for Rhinos’ reserves until suffering a season-ending shoulder injury in training two months ago.
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Loose-forward Shorrocks, who is on loan from Salford Red Devils, made his debut in Rhinos’ win at Hull FC three weeks ago, but picked up a two-match suspension.
He could come into contention for Friday’s regular-season finale at Wigan Warriors and Leeds’ play-off campaign.,
Winger Hankinson has made six consecutive appearances since joining Rhinos from Salford last month on a short-term deal.
Smith, an outside-back who spent much of this year loan at London Broncos, did not feature in Rhinos’ first team.
Gannon will join NRL club New Zealand Warriors in pre-season, while Lisone is heading for Hull FC.
Asked at the awards night what he would miss about Rhinos, Lisone quipped: “The boys and the South Stand – I just hope you don’t chant ‘you fat b!”£$%^’ at me next season’.
Leeds Rhinos awards capped with Jake Connor win
Meanwhile, half-back Jake Connor capped a stellar first campaign with Leeds when he collected the Rob Burrow CBE trophy as player of the year.
Full-back Lachie Miller received the Roy Berwick fans’ player of the year award and his touchdown at Hull KR in July was voted try of the season.
Teenage prop Presley Cassell completed a hat-trick when he was named Bev Risman young player of the year.
The award is open to academy graduates, aged under 21 at the start of the season, who have made an impact in the men’s or women’s first team. Cassell was scholarship player of the year in 2023 and won last season’s academy honour.
Australian half-back Mel Howard was the women’s player of the year, stand-off George Brown took the academy award and the women’s under-18s honour went to utility-back Amelia Hirst.
England international Nathan Collins was wheelchair player of the year, the physical disability award went to Dan Bell and Debbie Kennedy was the learning disability winner.
Chief executive Gary Hetherington, who will step down next month after 28 years, received a standing ovation when he was recognised as the Rhinos teammate of the year.
The departure was also announced of Hetherington’s long-serving personal assistant Julie Bush and head of customer services Sian Jones, who is joining Hull FC.
A presentation was made to former Roy Dickinson, a former player of the 1970s and 80s, who is emigrating to Australia.
