Hunslet RLFC can today announce that talented young forward Nyle Flynn has signed a new 12-month contract keeping him at the South Leeds Stadium for the 2018 season.

Flynn, 20 joined the club from Leeds Rhinos in November 2016 and has gone on to have a great debut season for the club culminating with him picking up three awards at last weeks end of season awards evening including โ€˜Top Tacklerโ€™ and โ€˜Most improved Playerโ€™ of the Year awards. Nyle was also voted in 2nd place by his team mates in the โ€˜Players Player of the Yearโ€™ award, a great achievement for someone so young in his first season at first team level.

Nyle, who is the son of former Dewsbury Rams winger Adrian, made a total of 22 appearances for the club in his debut season scoring 3 tries.

Head Coach Gary Thornton was delighted to retain Nyle; โ€œIโ€™m absolutely delighted to have regained Nyleโ€™s signing. He has had a terrific first season following his move from Leeds Rhinos Academy, and thoroughly deserved awards he picked up last week.

โ€œHe got better as the season went on and we targeted him early on as one to keep for the future.โ€

Gary added โ€œItโ€™s really important we retain our young talented players and build our squad around them, and Nyle has certainly deserved his new contract.

โ€œHe is a quiet character but a tough competitor, and gets on with his job without any fuss.

โ€œI feel he will develop and improve even further next season following this seasons experience, and Iโ€™m confident will be a huge asset to us.

โ€œWe continue to build for next season and re-signing Nyle helps create some stability in the squad.โ€

Nyle commented โ€œIโ€™m really pleased to have signed another year at Hunslet. I have enjoyed my first season here, even though it hasn’t been the best season in terms of where we finished.

โ€œAs a group we are looking for a more successful year in 2018 and we are aiming to finish higher up the table.

โ€œOn a personal note, I’m looking to get a big pre-season under my belt, with the aim of getting fitter and stronger for a big season ahead.

โ€œI want to keep improving myself as a player, and I feel I can do that at Hunslet under Gary Thorntonโ€