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Leeds Rhinos have agreed extended deals with seven of their out-of-contract first team players.

Keith Senior, Kylie Leuluai, Scott Donald, Matt Diskin, Danny Buderus, Ali Lauitiiti and Ryan Bailey have put pen to paper on new one-year deals.

Chief executive Gary Hetherington told the club's website: "We appreciate it is probably an unusual step to announce all seven players at once.

"However we are keen to stop any speculation regarding the squad."

Hetherington added: "Our policy is always to review the squad at the end of each season, which is what we have done for a number of years regardless of the success or failure of the previous campaign.

"We will continue with this policy but safe in the knowledge that our own world class talent is contracted to us for next season.

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"In the current global market place and with more and more clubs spending to the full salary cap limit, the challenge of attracting and signing world class players is becoming tougher and tougher.

"Therefore, it makes sense to secure the very best players before looking elsewhere.

Rhinos coach Brian McClennan, who recently agreed a new-one year extension at the club, commented: "I am delighted that everyone has agreed contract extensions.

"Our captain Kevin Sinfield has spoken publicly about what a special group of players we have here and I think this once again perfectly demonstrates this.

"We have had some tough times this season but that has only served to bring this group even closer together and everyone is determined to do as well as we can in both the Carnegie Challenge Cup and the end-of-season play-offs."

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