Might be Alex's choice but given Agars selection policy & some of the players deemed in front him the Club have certainly had an influence on his final decision.

Would of liked him to stay, think he'l be a good Backrow going forward...think he could do the job Donaldson does with the potential for much more...But like others have said, probably walks into the Cas 17 every week next season, and we cant offer that...At Centre or Backrow, Even if we didnt have the likes of Donaldson and Thompson.

Shame this one, cos I like him.
Just not sure if he’ll end up being more Delaney or Keinhorst.

And if the club see Tom Briscoe as a better choice at centre then you can’t really blame him.

He has more chance of first team rugby at Cas plus its believed to be a four year contract this is a no brainer for Sutcliffe.

Sutcliffe has been injured recently and the fact he played him in a major cup final shows he thinks highly of him.

I can only guess but I would imagine wants to be first choice in his position and he simply isn’t going to get that at Leeds it happens sometimes.

Well if Mellor and Martin can be first choice then no reason why Sutcliffe could not be

True but I doubt we would have offered a 4 year contract plus other players have now come in the mix ie Gannon Walters and Broadbent.

Wish him the best of luck. During a difficult period for the club I think it would be hard to argue he hasn't given everything every time he's played despite being asked to play various different roles. Talented player, great heart and defence and obviously aspires to more than being a utility player. Hard to see what more he could have done and like someone said in a previous comment, putting Briscoe into the centre ahead of him but have been a bitter pill to swallow. Doubt it was the final nail in the coffin for him as I expect he was already looking for regular first team action but I suspect it validated his decision for him. Hope he goes really well for Cas, deserves to be playing regular rugby

He’s injured ATM isn’t he? so i doubt Briscoe playing at centre had anything to do with it.

Maybe it’s just one of those things and nothing to do with the club and coaches.

Rumour of Bentley coming in the emergence of Gannon and Walters Martin may still get a new deal Newman nearly back his options for first team rugby would have been limited.As i said earlier a 4 year deal its a no brainer for him.

Exactly. He has to do whats best for him. If he can secure a 4 yr deal well done to him.

good luck to him

Played his final game for the club after going on loan for Featherstone for the rest of the season

That is odd. You’d think we’d need everyone at the moment with plenty more rugby to go this year and Mellor and (possibly) Sutcliffe out long term. Will probably get more injuries too. Shame his Leeds career has petered out this way.

indeed. fallen out of favour very quickly

Aye. Bit like Keinhorst did. Solid, workhorse like, rarely did anything wrong, 6/7 out of 10 every week. Gets injured, never seen again.

Not sure about falling out of favour more like he's plays where we have plenty of cover. Agar did say he wanted to keep him but understood why he would want to move. Age 22 you need to be playing each week. We couldn't offer that.

Maybe due to salary cap. We got our fingers burnt last season by not loaning out enough players. Or we have cover he's not art of our future

Tough one.good lad and versatile player but I cant see us winning consistent trophies as a genuinely top class team with him at centre or second row- we should have better options.Having said that, Agar appears to rate him but we dont know the offers on the table.

I might be the first reading between the lines but since he turned down the Leeds deal to sign for Castleford, he’s fallen down the pecking order like the club has said we ain’t going to play you if you aren’t part of the future.

This is exactly what has happened, and rightly so. Great lad, but the club should invest in those that are part of our future not our past.

Totally agree.Harsh but the right call for me.

Thats all well & good but when you sign plodders like Thompson he isnt going to want to stay is he?

Come on Mark you think he didnt sign a deal new because of Thompson really?

Correct:Leeds not the only club to do this.Look at Sezer at Shudders left out of team meetings by Watson,and Williams at Canberra, they were particularly brutal once he made known he wanted to leave.