With clubs across Super League preparing for 2025, Love Rugby League will be taking a deeper look at every club’s plans in terms of recruitment and retention for next season.

Next under the microscope is Leigh Leopards who, on the face of it, have a lot of work to do this winter. With a whole host of big names leaving, it feels like the changing of the guard at the Leigh Sports Village for Adrian Lam’s squad.

Here’s how they’re shaping up.

Players under contract for 2025
As it stands, Leigh have just 16 players under contract confirmed for next year.

Fullback: Gareth O’Brien.
Wing: Josh Charnley, Umyla Hanley, Darnell McIntosh.
Centre:
Half-back: Matt Moylan, Lachlan Lam, Ben McNamara.
Prop/13: Robbie Mulhern, Dan Norman, Owen Trout, Aaron Pene.
Hooker: Edwin Ipape, Brad Dwyer.
Second-row: Matt Davis, Frankie Halton, Louis Brogan.

Who’s still off-contract?
There are a staggering 14 players off-contract at Leigh whose futures are yet to be officially resolved. They are:

Zak Hardaker, Ricky Leutele, Jack Hughes, Ben Nakubuwai, Ed Chamberlain, Oli Holmes, Keanan Brand, Nathan Wilde, Tom Nisbet, Jacob Gannon, Jacob Jones, Lewis Baxter, Jack Darbyshire, Kavan Rothwell

John Asiata and Tom Amone’s departures have already been confirmed while Zak Hardaker, Ed Chamberlain and Oli Holmes are heading for Hull FC with Asiata in 2025. That means that there is a significant amount of cap space for the Leopards to play with.

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