mcshane has shown he's clearly the best attacking hooker at leeds have...sadly he's also shown that he's pony in defence and as any good coach (and mcdermott, the sh*t coach according to plenty on here) knows that deference wins you games. hence why macca struggles to stay in the first team when everyone is fit; i don't actually agree with giving burrow 80 minutes every game but can understand why mcdermott is staying loyal to guys like burrow even when he was bad at the start of the year (well actually bad until he moved back to 7). 10 years of quality at the top league gives your some breathing room; chopping & changing guys like macca is easy, one thing it does show is that leeds/mcdermott clearly care where they finish in the league!

as for the rumour, i'd love lunt back at leeds and was very sad to see him go, but at the same time (despite my comment above) until Leeds find a position for burrow, lunt would be wasted at leeds. he's a 60/70 minute hooker who would get 40 minute max at leeds, maybe 60 minutes top but would spend a fair amount of that time floating in the back row.

it is what it is.

No difference to a clause in a contract of a certain welsh half. You can put anything into a contract! It just means hudds get first dibs. All parties meed to be in agreement.

I think Harris was a different deal to Eden. The clause with Eden is that Hudds have first refusal should another team chase his signature. They also have the right to bring him back after two years if he wants to go to them. I'd be interested in the first refusal as I'm sure it'd be a case of Hudds having to match any other teams offer if higher.

Harris however was different. He switched codes. If he had stayed in union for the rest of his playing career Leeds would have got jot. However he agreed to us holding his registration in RL and that it'd only be released for a fee should he return to the sport. This kind of deal can only work f the p,Ayer leave the sport, and to be honest at he time as said by many in both codes it was a vet shrewd move. I highly doubt that kind of clause would see the light of day again

Pah. Who needs hookers? We can play without them.