Ava Seumanufagai is en-route to Leeds Rhinos

[josie andrews]

Overseas signing Ava Seumanufagai is due to touch down in Leeds on Wednesday.

The New Zealand-born prop, 27, boarded the first available flight after receiving his visa/work permit and was in the air on Tuesday, UK time.

He will meet up with his new teammates on Wednesday.

Seumanufagai will be assessed by Rhinos’ medical and conditioning staff and could come into contention for Friday’s game at Salford Red Devils.

He has played 118 times in the NRL for Wests Tigers and Cronulla Sharks - including 13 appearances last year - and is contracted to Leeds until the end of 2021.

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[josie andrews]

Will there be any home grown players in the Leeds squad at this rate?

How many overseas players is that now or do they not count on the quota?

[shaunedwardsfanclub]

Will there be any home grown players in the Leeds squad at this rate?

How many overseas players is that now or do they not count on the quota?

They can have 7 non-federation or academy trained players.

[josie andrews]

Will there be any home grown players in the Leeds squad at this rate?

How many overseas players is that now or do they not count on the quota?

They can have 7 non-federation or academy trained players.

You’ve said this before.

So who, of their players, fall into this category please? Because they can’t have any “academy trained players”.

[shaunedwardsfanclub]

Will there be any home grown players in the Leeds squad at this rate?

How many overseas players is that now or do they not count on the quota?

They can have 7 non-federation or academy trained players.

You’ve said this before.

So who, of their players, fall into this category please? Because they can’t have any “academy trained players”.

I don’t know, I am just starting the rules. They have a few academy trained players though Walker, Sutcliffe, Singleton, JJB, Albert, Hanley to name a few.

[josie andrews]

They can have 7 non-federation or academy trained players.

You’ve said this before.

So who, of their players, fall into this category please? Because they can’t have any “academy trained players”.

I don’t know, I am just starting the rules. They have a few academy trained players though Walker, Sutcliffe, Singleton, JJB, Albert, Hanley to name a few.

It's the overseas players I was wondering about? They seem to have a lot & a never-ending salary cap!

[nathan_rugby]

You’ve said this before.

So who, of their players, fall into this category please? Because they can’t have any “academy trained players”.

I don’t know, I am just starting the rules. They have a few academy trained players though Walker, Sutcliffe, Singleton, JJB, Albert, Hanley to name a few.

It's the overseas players I was wondering about? They seem to have a lot & a never-ending salary cap!

Or they just better manage the cap better than we do and do not offer players contracts that exceed their quality?

Leeds are also the most successful club over the last 10 years which also is a pull, despite their recent demise.

[pedro]

I don’t know, I am just starting the rules. They have a few academy trained players though Walker, Sutcliffe, Singleton, JJB, Albert, Hanley to name a few.

It's the overseas players I was wondering about? They seem to have a lot & a never-ending salary cap!

Or they just better manage the cap better than we do and do not offer players contracts that exceed their quality?

Leeds are also the most successful club over the last 10 years which also is a pull, despite their recent demise.

and a nice city to live

[nathan_rugby]

It's the overseas players I was wondering about? They seem to have a lot & a never-ending salary cap!

Or they just better manage the cap better than we do and do not offer players contracts that exceed their quality?

Leeds are also the most successful club over the last 10 years which also is a pull, despite their recent demise.

and a nice city to live

It most certainly is. I think thats one advantage Leeds have over other teams such as Wigan, St Helens, Warrington is that its City vs Town.

It also must factor into players joining Catalans. Who wouldn't want to live in a hot country, close to the beach etc.