PROP BOYCE A CODE-BREAKER

Harlequins, Bath and England prop set to move to leaque after he landed a Rhinos trial BETFRED

- DAVE CRAVEN

TOLD to try rugby league years ago, the chance has finally arrived for former Harlequins front-row Lewis Boyce who is loving his surprise shot with Leeds Rhinos.

The loosehead prop reached union heights in the Premiership and was even called up by Eddie Jones for England's Six Nations squad in 2018.

Yet now, aged 27, he is hoping to crack the other code after gaining a trial with the Super League giants.

Middlesbrough-born Boyce "lost the love" for union over his last two seasons at Bath and finished the previous campaign with a brief stint for Ealing. But having asked his agent about his chances of swapping codes, Rhinos coach Rohan Smith has been casting his eye over him in training this last fortnight.

Boyce started his professional union career in Leeds in 2014 with Yorkshire Carnegie, who shared the same training base as Rhinos.