Been a great player now for over a decade and changed his game as pace diminished. Great in big games and will be sorely missed when retires. I think he will be rightly proud to lead the team and for all he has done deserves all Leeds fans support and a bit of slack if he does throw a small wobbler now and then. This new less experienced group may need to hear a bit more emotion.

Having a good captain is probably less important than having a number of leaders across the team. It would be unfair to blame McGuire for not being as good a captain as Sinfield when he also won't have Peacock around. Having said that the squad has enough experience to get by IMO.

Every Rhino fan appreciates the heart and soul that JJB has put into the club...but...don't let sentiment get in the way of fact. He is no spring chicken and he will become even more injury prone/take longer to heal as time marches on. The guy needs some luck on the injury front, but having him around the squad in any capacity is a boost - he IS Mr Leeds.

My comments are not based on sentiment Chunky just the fact that when on the field JJB still leads our defence, leads our kick chase, always puts in a decent tackle count and is eager to take his share of the hard yards despite being no spring chicken. His committed style of play will always put him at greater risk of injury but that is part and parcel of the man and one that was hewn off a similar block to JP. Until he hangs up his boots he will always be challenging for a place in the team IMO

at 35 JJB will likely play on until the end of 2017 and then call it a day, or one more bad injury will get him first and force his hand.I hope it is the former and he gets to go out on his own terms. I also agree with Juan that there is still a guaranteed place in the 17 when he gets himself fit for me, so having him around still is by no means built out of sentiment.