Hall closes the door on union switch with new Rhinos deal

Hall – last year's International Rookie of the Year and Rhinos' Young Player of the Year – would have been out of contract at the end of next season but has now agreed a long-term contract.

There were fears in the game he could follow former team-mate Lee Smith in switching codes to union, but Hall has committed his future to the Rhinos – who host Castleford Tigers on Friday night – and league.

Hall said: "I am really pleased to have committed my future to the club.

"For me personally, I see it as me committing myself to the team; the length of the contract is not really important in that regard.

"Playing for a side like Leeds, makes my job as a winger easy. We have got so many class players that you just have to make sure you are in the right place at the right time.

"People keep asking me if I can build on last year's achievements but I still know that there is a lot more for me to do in the game."

Hall, who made his debut in 2007 and has scored 44 tries in 55 appearances for the Rhinos, had been linked with a potential move to union.

He added: "I am a rugby league player, I always have been and I can not see that changing in the future."

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forward Richard Moore and

Harlequins prop Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook have been suspended for one match after their on-field bust-up.

The RFL disciplinary committee banned McCarthy-Scarsbrook for head-butting Moore in Harlequins' 18-10 defeat at The Twickenham Stoop last Saturday.

Moore was found guilty of punching in the same incident, and will miss the visit of Catalans Dragons on Sunday.