That`s fair enough AC.
I`m just intrigued what has changed his mind in order to stay.
Time will tell.

Maybe it's in his contract that Leeds may loan him out? And the club decided not to proceed.

Same. He’s had a long time out and is still young. A full pre season with Rohan will help him no end

Certainly will. For what it's worth I think next year we need to get ruthless with the hookers. Unless one of them can establish themselves in the top two/three in the comp, a couple should go regardless of contracts. The lad from Leigh is OOC (I think) at the end of the year. He is a player.

Was it ever confirmed who was coming back the other way in the Johnson swap?

I don't think we necessarily need a new hooker. O'Connor looks like he could do a James Lowes and become a class player. He's only just started there and has a full pre season training in the role. If Leeming responds to the competition he can be very good. The key may be Johnson really taking his chances and pressuring the others. He seemed to go through the motions a bit this year, although he was out of position a few games. He needs to realise this is probably his last year and to show whether he's the player everyone thought he could be.

If Oconnor can keep progressing I'd rather have him and CJ and lose Leeming. Given their respective ages and salaries

Leemings only 27 and hopefully has some improvement re consistency under Smith. If either of the other 2 get to the levels needed salary will be irrelevant as they'll command more.

Yep, if Leeming can really kick on and particularly toughen up his defense, he does have the potential to be one of the top two or three in the league. As we know, the talent pool is shallow. But if we want to knock Saints of their perch, that has to happen. Their spine is currently by far the best.

Let’s see what Saints are like this year, new coach some players not getting any younger. Other teams strengthening. Should be interesting.