{"id":195369,"date":"2025-10-12T17:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T17:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/195369\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T17:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T17:35:11","slug":"leigh-leopards-sign-st-helens-talent-on-long-term-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/195369\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Leopards sign St Helens talent on long-term deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OH_8357.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Leigh Leopards have confirmed their latest signing with a forward recruited from St Helens on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Recently Leigh have confirmed a spate of new contracts with Lachlan Lam being the headline retention but they\u2019ve also made moves in the recruitment market with NRL forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-leigh-leopards-announce-first-signing-of-2026-as-papua-new-guinean-international-joins-109195\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Alick-Wiencke announced as their first signing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Papua New Guinean international joins from Gold Coast Titans on a three-year deal and now the Leopards have confirmed the signing of another forward on a three-year contract, with Oliver Polec making the switch to Leigh.<\/p>\n<p>Polec will turn 19 tomorrow (Monday 13th October) and swaps St Helens for Leigh Leopards with the forward having been part of the Red Vee\u2019s scholarship and academy.<\/p>\n<p>His performances in 2025 saw him earn a call-up to represent Lancashire in the Academy Origin game and Leigh will be hoping that they can nurture and further his development across the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>Leigh Leopards sign teen from St Helens with eye on future<\/p>\n<p>Polec is a signing made with an eye on the future and that\u2019s something that CEO Neil Jukes noted, stating: \u201cWhilst we\u2019re working hard as a club to bring in players who can instantly strengthen our 17, it\u2019s also important to have one eye on the future and that\u2019s definitely the case with Oliver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a young lad with all the right assets to really be a success in the game so we\u2019re thrilled to bring him on board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Lam had labelled the 18-year-old as a \u2018great addition\u2019 to the Leigh squad with the Leopards boss adding: \u201cHe is still a very young front row forward with plenty of potential. He is still learning his trade and I feel strongly that being in our system will help catapult him to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOllie is a competitor, an explosive and direct ball carrier. We are all looking forward to him joining our squad and watching him develop and grow over the next couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polec said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to have signed for Leigh Leopards. I\u2019m really looking forward to working with Adrian Lam and the rest of the coaching staff. I feel this is a great opportunity for me to push myself to the next level and progress my career with a great Super League club. I am excited to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serious About Rugby League has launched a brand new podcast which can be watched in full on our <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BqtbnfdwINA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f \ud835\udde2\ud835\udddf\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde9\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5 \ud835\udde3\ud835\udde2\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd6 \ud835\udddd\ud835\udde2\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\udde6 \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde3\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd7\ud835\udde6 \ud83d\udc06<\/p>\n<p>Leigh Leopards are pleased to confirm the signing of Oliver Polec who joins Adrian Lam\u2019s 2026 squad on a three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Read More \u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leigh Leopards (@LeighLeopardsRL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeighLeopardsRL\/status\/1977321443693416757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759084633_634_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leigh Leopards have confirmed their latest signing with a forward recruited from St Helens on a three-year deal.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-195369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}