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  • 29th July 2010
  • Leeds Rhinos agree to Greg Eastwood departure
  • Leeds have transfer-listed Greg Eastwood after the New Zealand international asked to leave because he cannot settle in England. But the Rhinos will demand a £100,000 fee for the 23-year-old who joined them on a three-year contract this season. ...
  • 13th July 2010
  • Manager Simon Grayson signs three-year deal at Leeds
  • Leeds United manager Simon Grayson has signed a new three-year deal at the Championship club. The 40-year-old had been linked with a move from Elland Road to former club Leicester City after Nigel Pearson left to join Hull City. Grayson, who took ov...
  • 13th July 2010
  • Francis Cummins & Williie Poching to leave Leeds Rhinos
  • Assistant coaches Francis Cummins and Willie Poching will leave Leeds Rhinos at the end of the current season. For Cummins, 33, it will bring to an end a 17-year relationship with Leeds as both a player and coach. Poching, 36, moved to Headingley as...
  • 25th June 2010
  • CCTV released in Leeds shooting inquiry
  • Police hunting the killers of a man who was gunned down at his sister's house have released CCTV images on the second anniversary of his death. Adam Chadwick, 20, was shot when three masked men and a woman burst into the house in Clifton Mount, Harehil...
  • 12th June 2010
  • Harlequins 22-42 Leeds
  • A standout solo performance from Lee Smith saw Leeds secure a 42-22 victory over Harlequins at The Stoop. The Rhinos winger led the way, scoring a hat-trick and converting all seven of his side's tries. Leeds others tries came from Luke Ambler, Paul...
  • 12th June 2010
  • Speed leads Welsh sport honours
  • Ex-Wales football captain Gary Speed leads the nation's winners in the Queen's birthday honours list. Long-serving Premier League midfielder Speed, 40, receives an MBE. He is joined by Australian-bred, Cardiff-based Great Britain track cycling perfo...
  • 02nd June 2010
  • Leeds United sign Swindon Town's Billy Paynter
  • Leeds United have signed Swindon Town striker Billy Paynter on a three-year deal on a Bosman free transfer. The 25-year-old scored 29 goals this season to help Town into the League One play-off final, which they lost, and will replace Jermaine Beckford...
  • 02nd June 2010
  • CCTV of York to Leeds train fight suspects
  • Police have released CCTV images of men they suspect were involved in a fight on a train between York and Leeds after the York races last month. British Transport Police said disorder broke out between two groups of men at around 1100 BST on the 0950 B...
  • 29th March 2010
  • Leeds women overcome Birmingham
  • England's latest striking starlet Ellen White scored twice as Leeds Carnegie beat Birmingham City 4-0 to climb to the top of the Women's Premier League. The 20 year-old took her season's club goals tally to 21 in 19 appearances. It capped off a good week...
  • 16th January 2010
  • Falkirk sign striker Enoch Showunmi from Leeds
  • Falkirk have agreed to sign Enoch Showunmi after the striker had his contract terminated by Leeds United by mutual consent. The 27-year-old will join the Scottish Premier League's bottom side once international clearance arrives. The London-born Nigerian...
  • 16th January 2010
  • Rhinos hooker Matt Diskin wants Challenge Cup victory
  • Leeds Rhinos hooker Matt Diskin says the club have a burning desire to win the Challenge Cup in 2010. Diskin told BBC Radio Leeds: "It really is a big goal of ours and it's something that this team needs to add to the cabinet. "We've been done ...