{"id":234892,"date":"2025-10-30T23:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234892\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T23:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:25:10","slug":"wakefield-trinity-sign-released-leeds-rhinos-man-jack-sinfield-to-long-term-deal-after-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234892\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakefield Trinity sign released Leeds Rhinos&#8217; man Jack Sinfield to long-term deal after release"},"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\/AW6_0342-1.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 dir=\"ltr\">Wakefield Trinity have high hopes for their \u201cseriously talented\u201d latest signing who has joined them following a surprise exit from Leeds Rhinos.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jack Sinfield, 21, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-leeds-rhinos-release-homegrown-utility-amid-exit-reports-109638\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released by Rhinos earlier this month<\/a> and has now been confirmed as a Trinity player on a three-year deal, until the end of the 2028 Betfred Super League season.\u00a0 He had a year remaining on his Leeds contract, but a release was agreed allowing him to \u201clook at other options for next season and beyond\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Son of club legend \u2013 and current England rugby union skills and kicking coach \u2013 Kevin Sinfield, the half-back made his Leeds debut in 2022 and scored six tries, two goals and a one-pointer in 29 appearances for Rhinos.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He featured 14 times this year, as well as playing regularly for Leeds\u2019 title-winning reserves side.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Though highly-rated at Rhinos, his first team opportunities were limited by the presence of past and current Man of Steel winners Brodie Croft and Jake Connor.<\/p>\n<p>Wakefield Trinity swoop for Jack Sinfield on three-year deal<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wakefield boss Daryl Powell played alongside Kevin Sinfield at Leeds and was the coach who appointed him captain in 2002.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Despite facing competition from\u00a0Jake Trueman, Mason Lino and Oliver Russell \u2013 as well as youngsters Myles Lawford and Kian McGann \u2013 at his new club, Sinfield insisted:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be joining Wakefield Trinity.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201c[I am] glad the rumours can be confirmed finally and I can\u2019t wait to get down to it and meet all the lads.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to working with Daryl and the rest of the staff here. I\u2019ve got ambitions to win trophies in my career and after speaking with Daryl it got me very excited to be a part of what the club is building here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Powell said: \u201cJack is a talented young half-back whose ability to manage a game is outstanding.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe\u2019s a committed young professional who is desperate to get to the top of the game. He will add to our half-back depth and create outstanding competition for places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trinity director of rugby Ste Mills stated: \u201cJack is a seriously talented young player who will add great competition to our squad for the 2026 season and beyond.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are excited to bring in a player of his quality. We fully believe he will flourish in our environment and under our coaching team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Serious About Rugby League has launched a brand new podcast which can be watched in full on our\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AN74tIPzyp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube channel here<\/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\/10\/1761234489_461_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wakefield Trinity have high hopes for their \u201cseriously talented\u201d latest signing who has joined them following a surprise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-234892","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\/234892","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=234892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}