The future of Leigh Leopards star Ben Nakubuwai has seemingly been confirmed.
The Leigh prop joined the club in 2022 and helped guide them to promotion as well as three trophies before being a key member of their squad in 2023 as the club won the Challenge Cup and secured their play-off spot ever with a fifth-place finish.
However, as the club pursued the signing of Brisbane Broncos fullback Tristan Sailor, it was reported that Nakubuwai would be released.
However, he has now been included in their squad for 2024 though he has been demoted from number 14 to number 18 moving him outside the first choice 17.
Leigh Leopards squad numbers
Leigh Leopards are delighted to announce their squad numbers ahead of the eagerly awaited start of the 2024 Betfred Super League season.
The Challenge Cup holders hand the Number 6 shirt to Australian international halfback Matt Moylan, whose debut for the Leopards will be his 200th career appearance.
Moylan is one of 16 internationals in the 32-man squad who between them have made over 4,000 career appearances with 1,278 career tries.
Josh Charnley, who is commencing his testimonial year, is on the verge of a notable career milestone with 291 career tries while Tom Briscoe has 214 and Zak Hardaker 146.
Owen Trout, Ben McNamara, Lewis Baxter, Louis Brogan, Jack Darbyshire and Kavan Rothwell are the other newcomers to the squad.
The Leigh Leopards squad numbers are as follows:
1 Gareth O’Brien, 2 Tom Briscoe, 3 Zak Hardaker, 4 Ricky Leutele, 5 Josh Charnley, 6 Matt Moylan, 7 Lachlan Lam, 8 Tom Amone, 9 Edwin Ipape, 10 Rob Mulhern, Kai O’Donnell, 12 Jack Hughes, 13 John Asiata, 14 Dan Norman, 15 Matt Davies, 16 Frankie Halton, 17 Owen Trout, 18 Ben Nakubuwai, 19 Ed Chamberlain, 20 Oliver Holmes, 21 Ben McNamara, 22 Keanan Brand, 223 Nathan Wilde, 24 Umyla Hanley, 25 Tom Nisbet, 26 Jacob Gannon, 27 Aaron Smith, 28 Jacob Jones, 29 Lewis Baxter, 30 Louis Brogan, 31 Jack Derbyshire, 32 Kavan Rothwell
Leigh Leopards boss happy with squad
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Leopards head coach Adrian Lam said: “We’ve submitted our squad numbers for the 2024 and there’s no real surprises in there. Squad numbers aren’t really something anyone should read too much into.
“Just because someone is outside the first thirteen doesn’t mean they can’t have a huge impact on the squad this season.
“One of the biggest issues for us last season was having a small squad. This year we’ve grown the squad and because of that there are some bigger squad numbers.”
Lam has also added to his coaching staff lately with the arrival of Kane Daniels.
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