Leeds Rhinos Women announce new recruits for Academy

Leeds Rhinos have welcomed ten new players into their Academy for the 2027 season. Seven players have been selected to graduate from the two year P2P programme and a further four have been recruited from Drighlington and Bentley.

 

Lottie Johnson

Alannah Maynard

Daisy Kaye

Ffion Coward

Olivia Stead

Lydia Jones

Leah Unwin

 

Each of these players were also recently recruited onto the England DiSE programme. 

 

 

Lois Forsell, Leeds Rhinos Women’s head coach, said: “Congratulations to all the players who have progressed into our Under-19s squad after completing the P2P programme.  This is a credit to their community clubs, families and our coaching team led by Shannon Brown. Our Under-19s have had a fantastic season, going unbeaten throughout their campaign and now we are delighted to be able to bring a new group of talented young players into that environment. 

 

"Seven of the players joining are making the step up from the P2P programme so they will be familiar with our set up and I am excited to see how they continue to develop under the guidance of Ellis Pascall and the coaching team.  We have also welcomed four new players to the club, which is an exciting new chapter for them and we are really looking forward to starting working with them."