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Leeds Rhinos Head Coach Dave Furner has confirmed the squad numbers for the 2019 with youngsters Ash Handley, Mikolaj Oledzki and Jack Walker all promoted after earning spots in the England Knights squad this Autumn.

Walker has given the coveted number one shirt with Ashton Golding moving to 21 whilst Ash Handley will wear the number 5 shirt vacated by Ryan Hall. Gdansk-born prop Oledzki earns a place in the top twenty numbers for the first time with the 19 shirt.

Club stalwart Jamie Jones-Buchanan will mark his 20th year at the club with the number 20 shirt for 2019 whilst new signing Trent Merrin has the number 11 shirt. Fellow new recruit Tui Lolohea takes over the number 6 shirt worn by Joel Moon last season whilst Konrad Hurrell will wear 4. Liam Sutcliffe reverts to number 15. Dom Crosby has the number 17 squad number. Finally, Callum McLelland has been handed the number 23. Over half of the squad have been developed through the club’s academy structure.

The Rhinos will leave the number 25 squad number blank at present to be filled either by a new signing or a promotion from the academy ranks should anyone impress new coach Furner during pre-season.

Commenting on the announcement 22-year-old Ash Handley said, “It is a huge honour to get the number five shirt after Ryan Hall. I played a lot at centre last season but with Konrad Hurrell coming in and Kallum Watkins coming back to full fitness, I am happy to do my part for the team on the wing. It has been great working with Dave Furner in training and he is really clear what he wants from us. We are looking to play an exciting attacking style and that is exciting for all the squad.”

The squad list in full is:

1. Jack Walker

2. Tom Briscoe

3. Kallum Watkins

4. Konrad Hurrell

5. Ash Handley

6. Tui Lolohea

7. Richie Myler

8. Adam Cuthbertson

9. Matt Parcell

10. Brad Singleton

11. Trent Merrin

12. Carl Ablett

13. Stevie Ward

14. Brad Dwyer

15. Liam Sutcliffe

16. Brett Ferres

17. Dom Crosby

18. Nathaniel Peteru

19. Mikolaj Oledzki

20. Jamie Jones-Buchanan

21. Ashton Golding

22. Cameron Smith

23. Callum McLelland

24. Luke Briscoe

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26. Anthony Mullally

27. Jack Ormondroyd

28. Josh Walters

29. Harry Newman

30. Alex Sutcliffe

31. Dan Waite-Pullan

32. Thomas Holroyd

33. Owen Trout

34. Corey Johnson

35. Tyler Dupree