Ava Seumanufagai is en-route to Leeds Rhinos
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Ava Seumanufagai is en-route to Leeds Rhinos
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.
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... -1-9741455
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.
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... -1-9741455
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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?
How many overseas players is that now or do they not count on the quota?
Anyone can support a team when it is winning, that takes no courage.
But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan
But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
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Re: Ava Seumanufagai is en-route to Leeds Rhinos
They can have 7 non-federation or academy trained players.josie andrews wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 5:49 am 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?
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You’ve said this before.shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 10:06 amThey can have 7 non-federation or academy trained players.josie andrews wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 5:49 am 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?
So who, of their players, fall into this category please? Because they can’t have any “academy trained players”.
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But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan
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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 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 10:21 amYou’ve said this before.shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 10:06 amThey can have 7 non-federation or academy trained players.josie andrews wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 5:49 am 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?
So who, of their players, fall into this category please? Because they can’t have any “academy trained players”.
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It's the overseas players I was wondering about? They seem to have a lot & a never-ending salary cap!shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 12:54 pmI 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 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 10:21 amYou’ve said this before.shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 10:06 am
They can have 7 non-federation or academy trained players.
So who, of their players, fall into this category please? Because they can’t have any “academy trained players”.
Anyone can support a team when it is winning, that takes no courage.
But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan
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Or they just better manage the cap better than we do and do not offer players contracts that exceed their quality?josie andrews wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 1:05 pmIt's the overseas players I was wondering about? They seem to have a lot & a never-ending salary cap!shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 12:54 pmI 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 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 10:21 am
You’ve said this before.
So who, of their players, fall into this category please? Because they can’t have any “academy trained players”.
Leeds are also the most successful club over the last 10 years which also is a pull, despite their recent demise.
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and a nice city to livenathan_rugby wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 1:09 pmOr they just better manage the cap better than we do and do not offer players contracts that exceed their quality?josie andrews wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 1:05 pmIt's the overseas players I was wondering about? They seem to have a lot & a never-ending salary cap!shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 12:54 pm
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.
Leeds are also the most successful club over the last 10 years which also is a pull, despite their recent demise.
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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.pedro wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 9:33 pmand a nice city to livenathan_rugby wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 1:09 pmOr they just better manage the cap better than we do and do not offer players contracts that exceed their quality?josie andrews wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 1:05 pm
It's the overseas players I was wondering about? They seem to have a lot & a never-ending salary cap!
Leeds are also the most successful club over the last 10 years which also is a pull, despite their recent demise.
It also must factor into players joining Catalans. Who wouldn't want to live in a hot country, close to the beach etc.
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