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Leeds Rhinos join Super League rivals in IMG voting intention with big decision looming

Leeds Rhinos have become the latest club to confirm they will vote in favour of IMG's grading proposals on Wednesday. Gary Hetherington has outlined the club's thoughts on the plans, which need a 51% majority to be passed.

Leeds are the third Super League club to publicly confirm they will vote in favour, following in the footsteps of the two Hull clubs, FC and KR. Wakefield Trinity have confirmed they will vote against while Castleford Tigers are thought to planning to follow suit.

But Leeds will be among those to approve the proposals as Hetherington said: "Leeds Rhinos are very supportive of the process put in place by the clubs and the RFL which will see a series of recommendations to elevate the game's popularity in future years.

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"Tomorrow's vote on the club grading process is the first part of the exercise and it is important for clubs to show support for the RFL, RL Commercial and IMG, who have made the recommendations.

"From the original proposals, the RFL have listened to concerns and certainly addressed the issues around community engagement and player development, which was absent from the initial discussion document."

The new episode of House of League is out now! Matthew Shaw is joined by Paul Cooke and Joe Appleyard to discuss the season so far and grade every club's campaign.

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