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Max delighted to be back in business after a three-year injury nightmare

Yorkshire Evening Post

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September 23, 2025

If any player in professional rugby league deserves some good fortune, it is Leeds Rhinos' rookie centre Max Simpson.

- by Peter Smith

Max delighted to be back in business after a three-year injury nightmare

Last Friday's 22-6 defeat at Wigan Warriors was Simpson's second successive start and, like the previous week against Catalans Dragons, he got through the full 80 minutes. That was a huge boost for the 21-year-old prospect who has endured more setbacks than most players do in a full career.

Only three weeks earlier, his long-awaited Betfred Super League comeback in Leeds' win at Hull FC ended in disappointment when he suffered a concussion in the final quarter and left the field on a stretcher.

Simpson went into that game with just two halves of reserve grade rugby under his belt, against Warrington Wolves in June and Castleford Tigers two months later.

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