Yes, according to the online article today in Total Rugby League. Funny how the original press speculation came from a Yorkshire syndicated paper. How or why the Yorkie press got hold of, or at the very least were prepared to put to print, the story first is anyone's guess.
If, as seems likely, his signing is true then i really hope that his serious knee injury from last August is well and truly mended and that we have not taken a punt on a partially recovered player.
If he is totally fit then he may well be the very type of signing we need. He will also provide very useful competition where i think it is very much needed - the back 3 - in which case if i was Ryan Brierley i would be looking over my shoulder with a touch of anxiety. Having been awarded squad number 1 it might not count for anything when the first team selections are made!!
Welcome to Leigh Brendan if all of this is true.