Great Britain forward Adrian Morley is going to leave Leeds at the end of the season to join Sydney City Roosters.

Former Leeds coach Graham Murray is now in charge at Sydney and Morley will join him after agreeing a three-year deal.

The 23-year-old second row man is bucking the trend by leaving Super League to play in Australia as there have been a number of players going the other way.

Roosters chairman Nick Politis told the club's official website: "Adrian says he has always wanted to play in the NRL competition and is impressed by our playing roster headed by Freddy Fittler.

"In the end it was the Graham Murray connection that swung the deal for us.

"We're ecstatic to have one of the world's best forwards here."

Morley apparently turned down offers from two other NRL clubs, as well as Wigan and Leeds who wanted to keep him.