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Mikolaj Oledzki becomes the third Leeds Rhinos player to sign for new NRL side Perth Bears for the 2027 season.
England and Leeds Rhinos prop Mikolaj Oledzki will leave the club at the end of this season to move to Perth Bears. Oledzki has signed a three-year contract with the Australian team who will join the NRL in 2027. The 27-year-old prop is the third Leeds player to make the same move following centre Harry Newman and forward James McDonnell .
Oledzki, who made his debut for the Rhinos in 2017, has played 158 Super League games and won four England caps, including playing in two Ashes Tests against Australia last year. "Leeds Rhinos and rugby league was so important to me growing up and I owe so much to the club for enabling me to live out my dream," Oledzki told the club website . "This opportunity has come at the right time for me and my family to experience something completely new and was a chance that I could not turn down.
" Oledzki returned to the Leeds squad for their Challenge Cup defeat at Wakefield Trinity after missing four league games with a rib injury.