He had a different view in 2005 - yes, we played Bradford the week before Wembley and that cost us Keith and probably the final too. Then again, leaving Barrie out was a shock! It is lucky for Warrington we aren't at full strength as in recent times they havent done too well against a fully fit Rhinos.

I think that league results have been mostly 50/50 in the last few years.Maybe Leeds were missing a few in some of those, but that would also have been the case for Wire.

Apart from Stretcher Boy, who else will be missing for the final?

Strectcher boy how very clever, did you think of that all by yourself.

Leeds have lost in six of the seven games McGuire has missed this season - and won nineteen of the twenty-three others. Leeds have also lost half the games they've played in that gawd-awful pink strip this year.

Leeds deserve to be the biggest outsiders since Featherstone in '83 and Sheffield in '98 to lift the Challenge Cup.

They'd need far more absentees than just McGuire to be considered as such.

Apart from his absence, it'll be a full-strength team to select from.

My glass is half full.

Serious head on

Warrington are the big favourites and everyone knows it.

Leeds are without a very good half in McGuire which weakens the side and strengtens the case for a Warrington win.

Leeds are a big game team though and if they win i wouldn't be remotely surprised, my genuine feeling joking aside is it is more even than people think.

Both teams, on their day can play, and can play very very well, anyone who confidently thinks their team will win be they Wire or Leeds fans is surely naive to the game.

How will Leeds replace the contribution McGuire has made to their last few Challenge Cup Finals?

Completely agree HY i personally think our desperation for a CC win is what shades it for us imo but Mags is a huge loss and our defence has to be much much better than against the Dragons.

Hopefully, they won't