Richie Myler to join Leeds Rhinos from Catalans Dragons at end of season

By Michael Cantillon

Image: Richie Myler has signed a three-year contract with the Rhinos

Leeds Rhinos have signed Catalans Dragons half-back Richie Myler on a three-year contract, the club confirmed on Tuesday.

The 27-year-old former England international's deal will keep him at Headingley Carnegie until at least the end of the 2020 Super League Season.

Myler joined Catalans in 2016 and scored twice in last Saturday's defeat at his former club Warrington Wolves.

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"I am delighted to have signed for the Rhinos and can't wait to get started when I join up with the boys at the end of the season," Myler said. "It is the perfect move for me and my family and we are all very much looking forward to it.

"I had a number of chats with Brian McDermott about the direction the club is going in and his thought process about what I could offer to the Rhinos.

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"It was important to know the way the team is going and that Brian wanted me as part of that. It was really appealing to me and the best fit for me as a player. Leeds is a big club and a club that is always fighting for silverware and at the top of the league.

"I have loved my time in the South of France. It is a beautiful part of the world and Catalans Dragons have been amazing with me and my family. We have made friends for life and I have enjoyed my time in Perpignan.

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"But it is now the right time for us to move home to England and this was the best opportunity for me. This was the one that I was really excited about and when the chance came to join the Rhinos it was too good an opportunity to turn down."

Myler won six caps for England between 2008 and 2012 and has scored seven international tries. He also won the Challenge Cup in 2012, against Leeds, for Warrington.

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