Rhinos announce squad to travel to Hull FC

Leeds Rhinos Head Coach Brad Arthur has confirmed the 21 man squad to travel to Hull FC this Sunday for their Round 5 clash in the Betfred Super League, kick off 3pm. 

Young half back George Brown has been ruled out with a knee injury and his place in the 21 man squad is taken by fellow Academy graduate Ben Littlewood in the only change to the initial 21 man squad from last week. 

Former New South Wales back Jack Bird could be set for his Rhinos debut after being 18th man for the last two games whilst utility back Chris Hankinson is set to play his 250th career game. 

Hankinson has made 13 appearances so far for Leeds since joining the club last year from Salford Red Devils. He made 36 for Salford between 2024-2025, 18 for Featherstone in 2023, 25 for Toulouse in 2022 and 23 for Wigan between 2018 and 2020. He also made 19 appearances for London on loan in 2021 and 59 for Swinton on various loan moves between 2017 and 2019. A decade ago, he played 49 games for Barrow having started at Leigh in 2014 with seven appearances. 

Jake Connor needs 15 points to reach 1,000 for his career with the majority of his points, 417, coming during his spell at Sunday's opponents, Hull FC between 2017 and 2022.

Ryan Hall needs one try to reach 250 for Leeds whilst captain Ash Handley is 12 points short of 500 points in Super League since his debut in 2014. 

Tickets for the game can be purchased online via tickets.therhinos.co.uk, priced at just £20 for Adults, £14 for Concessions* and £8 for Juniors.

The squad in full is:

1 Lachie Miller sponsored by Nexa

2 Maika Sivo sponsored by Digital X Raid

3 Harry Newman sponsored by Warners Fish Merchants

4 Ash Handley (C) sponsored by Roxy

5 Ryan Hall sponsored by Apache

6 Brodie Croft sponsored by Axis Group

7 Jake Connor sponsored by Bartercard

8 Mikolaj Oledzki sponsored by Pickups Self Storage

9 Jarrod O'Connor sponsored by Horbury Dental Laboratory and Clinic

10 Tom Holroyd sponsored by West Riding Paper Services

11 Kallum Watkins (VC) sponsored by Industruct Limited

12 James McDonnell sponsored by So Trak

13 Keenan Palasia sponsored by Tetley’s

14 Chris Hankinson available to sponsor

15 Cooper Jenkins sponsored by BKS Groundworks

16 Ethan O'Neill available to sponsor

17 Cameron Smith sponsored by Warners Fish Merchants

19 Jeremiah Mata’utia available to sponsor

23 Danny Levi available to sponsor

25 Ben Littlewood sponsored GTD Painting and Property Maintenance

33 Jack Bird available to sponsor

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