{"id":620937,"date":"2026-06-04T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/620937\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:59:11","slug":"leigh-leopards-dealt-triple-outside-back-blow-as-umyla-hanley-and-owen-trout-updates-provided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/620937\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Leopards dealt triple outside back blow as Umyla Hanley and Owen Trout updates provided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OH8_7836.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 will be without young winger AJ Towse for around three months, after the former York man tore his hamstring.<\/p>\n<p>Towse, who has been hailed by boss Adrian Lam at times this season for his efforts and development, will be out for around 10-12 weeks, in an injury that is similar to Bevan French\u2019s according to the boss.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old has made four appearances in 2026, scoring three tries, and has been a valuable depth option in the absences of Keanan Brand, Umyla Hanley and Tesi Niu.<\/p>\n<p>However, he is now set for a spell on the sidelines, with boss Lam confirming the news in a press conference today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not ideal,\u201d Lam said. \u201cHe\u2019s played a lot more time than what was probably expected, but he\u2019s a class act, AJ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to miss him, and I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll recover as quickly as he possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wigan Warriors win Challenge Cup, John Kear remembered and Sam Walters\u2019 monster ban \u2013 <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EWaUkv0zjPA?si=gS1x_TgcOK6Z5wWP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here to listen to the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leigh Leopards boss issues squad injury update<\/p>\n<p>Towse was one of many players spoken about this week, with the absences of Hanley and Niu from this week\u2019s 21-man squad one of the first on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cTesi\u2019s got a hamstring strain, which hasn\u2019t been ideal for us, we\u2019re just taking precautions around that. He probably could play next week, or this week at a pinch, but we just don\u2019t want to overcomplicate that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUmyla\u2019s got a groin strain. I think Umyla recieved that with about 20 minutes to go in the last game, so he\u2019ll probably be three to four weeks out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owen Trout missed the win over Hull FC and is absent this week too. Lam put it down to personal issues ahead of that game, and he has reiterated that yet again.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cAs a club, the general comment is that we\u2019re just making sure that he\u2019s okay and everything involved with him is at a level where we\u2019re coping. We\u2019re just looking after him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no timeframe for when the England international could return to the side.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udc06 \ud835\udde6\ud835\udde4\ud835\udde8\ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddd7 \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd6\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd7<br \/>Adrian Lam\u2019s squad picks for this Friday\u2019s game. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ET2lAEZH1H\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ET2lAEZH1H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leigh Leopards (@LeighLeopardsRL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeighLeopardsRL\/status\/2062130425561047356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 3, 2026<\/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\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_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 will be without young winger AJ Towse for around three months, after the former York man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-620937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620937","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=620937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}