Quote: ThePrinter "As captain you have to remember that you aren't just captain of the team for 80 mins a week. You're the captain of the club off the pitch as well week in week out and all that entails especially regarding media stuff.
Don't think Ward should get it this season. Firstly he's going to miss around half of season and also it a big ask at his age. Now before anybody mentions Sinfield's age at taking over captaincy, he wasn't taking over a golden generation like Ward would be and Ward has only had one real full season as a starter.
Hardaker, is A leader, but not THE leader in my opinion.
McGuire has had his flaws regarding his temperament but then again he wasn't the captain at the time. Many players in the past in sport has changed with captaincy. Jon Wilkin often the crybaby of Grand Finals has matured as the senior player of his club.
I seem to remember games over Catalans and Castleford away and Wigan at home early last season with Sinfield absent and McGuire leading that we won.....seemingly other people's memories only stretch back to Boxing Day. The Castleford away game in particular was arguably our most professional 80 mins of the regular season in 2015.'"
sinfield didn't take over a golden generation
Leeds Rhinos team 2003 final
Gary Connolly, Mark Calderwood, Chris McKenna, Keith Senior, Francis Cummins, Kevin Sinfield, Andrew Dunemann, Ryan Bailey, Matt Diskin, Barrie McDermott, Chev Walker, Matt Adamson, David Furner
of that team bailey debuted 2002 calderwood and diskin 2001 , walker 99
mcguire s not a captain
and if he captained a different team he'd be treated like brough and briers