Six years after leaving his residence metropolis membership with the identical variety of Tremendous League titles to his title, Ryan Corridor is relishing the prospect of pulling the Leeds blue and yellow again on and giving his record-breaking rugby league profession one final increase.

The 37-year-old earned a everlasting place within the affections of the pink and white half of Hull throughout 4 seasons at Craven Park that coincided with a dramatic Rovers revival, culminating in a becoming – if painful – private send-off in October’s Tremendous League Grand Closing.

If these years cast the sort of bond he couldn’t have envisaged when he got here again from a brief stint in Australia to signal for the struggling membership in 2021, for Leeds-born Corridor there’s nonetheless nothing extra particular than the prospect of working again out as a house participant at Headingley.

Corridor, who rose by means of the Rhinos’ youth ranks and performed a key function within the membership’s golden period alongside all-time greats like Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow, mentioned: “I haven’t pulled the shirt on but so I don’t understand how I’ll really feel in that first recreation, however I’ve received my outdated spot again within the altering room on the coaching floor, and the identical locker, so I already really feel proper at residence.

“I used to be anticipating to need to combat for it. Going again 19 years once I first walked into the coaching floor, I put my bag down and unbeknown to me it was Keith Senior’s spot, and that received thrown out of the best way and he mentioned, ‘you’re not sitting there’.”

Regardless of being left “completely gutted” by Rovers’ Outdated Trafford defeat to Wigan in his remaining recreation for the membership, it gave Corridor the chance to bid farewell on the most important stage after 4 resurgent years in East Yorkshire.

Having arrived within the wake of a Covid-hit 2020 marketing campaign during which his new membership had completed backside of the standings, Corridor would assist Rovers attain a Problem Cup remaining at Wembley and a primary look within the season finale, in addition to eclipsing former Leeds team-mate Danny McGuire as Tremendous League’s main strive scorer.

“I used to be completely gutted to go away Hull KR and not using a trophy, particularly within the final two years when it was nicely inside our capabilities,” added Corridor.

“We’d performed in two finals and it was actually heartbreaking to not come away with some silverware. However when you take a look at the four-year journey once I was there, I’m immensely pleased with the place the membership was taken to.

“After I signed it was the again finish of Covid and I used to be considering, I’ve received my work reduce out right here. However that’s what I’m immensely pleased with what occurred over these final 4 years. Rovers are actually considered being within the high echelon of golf equipment they usually’ll be our huge rivals this yr.”

A revival of comparable proportions is required at Leeds below Brad Arthur, because the Rhinos head into the 2025 marketing campaign smarting from two straight years and not using a post-season berth, and a repeat of his glittering first interval at Headingley stays a distant prospect.

However that need to assist resurrect the Rhinos’ glory days nonetheless burns fiercely inside Corridor, who has signed an preliminary one-year contract however clearly has each intention of sticking round for longer earlier than easing into an unspecified, off-field function at Headingley.

Shrugging off discuss of extending his try-scoring file, Corridor, an unassuming determine whose social media interplay primarily contains YouTube clips of him finishing a Rubik’s Dice in 60 seconds, mentioned: “If I used to be in a person sport like tennis, I’d go for the person file, however in the case of strive scoring I’m simply not bothered.

“Scoring a strive as a winger is a product of taking part in in an excellent workforce. Half my tries, I’ve picked the ball up and put it down. I’ve not carried out something particularly. Possibly it’s one thing I’ll be pleased with once I retire, however for now I simply need the workforce to win.”

Together with his outdated spot on the Kirkstall coaching floor secured and his nineteenth aggressive season approaching, Corridor added: “In the mean time I’ve received an possibility for a second yr but it surely relies upon how I really feel and the way the membership feels. In actuality, that is yr 19 and what kind of psychological individual finishes on 19?

“I’m aiming to remain so long as attainable however I don’t need to drag it out. I don’t need to be clinging on once I’m not wished.

“If the membership say my race is run, I’ll take heed to that. However as long as they need me and I really feel like I can provide one thing, I’ll be there.”