Hunslet have signed former Leeds Rhinos front rower Harrison Gilmore for the 2025 Championship Season.

The youngster made 22 appearances for Leeds reserves in 2024 scoring 2 tries and featured against Hunslet in the Harry Jepson Trophy.

Gilmore was picked up by the Rhinos Academy at the start of the 2022 season. Brought in from Stanningley by the Rhinos to bolster their academy forward pack, Gilmore was ever present throughout the Under-18s season and appeared in the Academy Grand Final squad that beat St Helens. He also made three Reserves appearances off the bench that year.

2023 saw him complete another full Academy season without missing a game. He added four tries too, including three consecutively against Bradford, Warrington and Hull KR during the RFL’s mid-season law change trial. For the Reserves, he played five times, three as a starter, before going on to play every Reserves game in 2024.

Dean Muir commented “Harrison is a talented player, who has attracted a lot of interest from other clubs. He impressed us last pre-season in the Harry Jepson Trophy match.

“He offers us both punch on the edges and work rate through the middle. I can’t wait to start working with him.”

Harrison said “I grew up in Hunslet, so i know what a great club Hunslet is. The Club is heading in the right direction and the Championship is going to be a real test, but one i can’t wait to get stuck into. I cant wait to get started.”

Many a talented youngster has come through the ranks at Leeds before joining the Parksiders, and this player maybe one to make a mark in this impressive looking Hunslet outfit.

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