Club have now confirmed that he has retired with immediate effect.

Dont know what to think .A healthy young man coming to this decision. Unless he's got a good professional future outside the game

The lad doesn't want to put his body through the punishment any more.

Which is fair enough. It would only get worse. All the best to him for the future.

It's not easy for a young lad who has spent his life wanting to be a pro player. He's starting from scratch and hopefully the club can help him out in some way, even if it's just contacts

Hugely disappointing as a class player with a big future, but good luck to him moving forward.

I have no idea how he’s come to this decision, but there is a good chance he will regret it in years to come

Aye but if he'd made the opposite decision there's a chance he'd regret it in years to come.

He's still playing. The bit about his body a bit of a one liner, there is more to it than that, but he's made the decision, nobody else. You can still see him play, just to highlight that, he will be playing for Fryston Warriors with his mates.

I hope the path he's chosen works out for him. He's a great young player.

Going forward, this probably means Dwyer will get a new deal. It seemed to me Johnson was the planned back up to Leeming for 2021, but they'll probably carry on with Dwyer now.

Whose the next in line from the academy? Oli Burton?

Massive shame, he's a fantastic young player.

Gutted on a personal level, as was looking forward to see what our academy fans were so excited about. But also who can blame him? These guys can end up practically crippled by the age of 35, and have to endure chronic pain after that.
Best of luck to a clearly very mature young man