Recruit Paul Momirovski met his new teammates less than 24 hours after arriving from Australia. It was also Rhyse Martin’s first day of pre-season, following a spell of leave after international duty with Papua New Guinea last autumn.
Brodie Croft, Rhinos’ high-profile signing from Salford Red Devils, was on a pre-arranged break in Australia over Christmas and missed the Boxing Day defeat of Wakefield Trinity, but is now back at work and several others are in training after recovering from injury.
Yorkshire Evening Post photographer Simon Hulme was invited to Rhinos’ Kirkstall base on Thursday. Here’s 19 pictures of Rhinos’ first training session of 2024.
7. Ash Handley and Paul Momirovski
Rhinos' new left-side wing/centre pairing trained together for the first time on Thursday. Photo: Simon Hulme
8. At a stretch
Rhinos players during Thursday's first training session of 2024. Photo: Simon Hulme
9. Corey Johnson
The young hooker gets his hands on the ball at training. Photo: Simon Hulme
10. Matt Frawley and Paul Momirovski
Rhinos' new numbers seven and four have both joined the club from the NRL. Frawley was at Canberra Raiders last year and Momirovski has signed from Sydney Roosters. Photo: Simon Hulme
11. Brodie Croft
The 2022 Man of Steel returned to Australia over Christmas, for a family commitment arranged before he signed for Leeds in October, but was back in training on Thursday. Photo: Simon Hulme
12. Raising the bar
Rhinos returned to training on Thursday for their first session of 2024. Photo: Simon Hulme