The right man for the job in my view. He'll command the respect of the dressing room, he's got the intelligence for the role and he knows the club.

Yes, his injury history is always going to come up, but how many full seasons have Wigan had out of O'Loughlin in recent years?

Should have been Stevie instead of Watkins imo. Good choice

Echo responses of others. Only choice for me. Hoping he can stay fit and get a good season behind him now. Really, he could have another 10 years in a Leeds shirt, so let's hope he puts these injury issues behind him as JJB largely did from earlier in his career.

I really hope he gets a run of much deserved luck thats well over due regarding injuries. If he does he can fulfill the obvious potential shown since his days at Churwell, Hunslet and Leeds SA and itll be absolutely the right fit.

He's probably the right personality for the job, but with his injury record he needs to be concentrating on his own rugby. If he gets another serious injury next season and misses half a season again it does re-raised questions on whether he's the man to build a team around

Stevie Ward - Leeds Rhinos very own Darren Anderton

Wrong choice for me. Huge respect for Stevie as a player and a person but i) hasn't been consistently fit enough for a number of seasons, and ii) in my view just piles extra pressure on someone who has enough to worry about just getting and staying fit. Hope he has a great season though, for him and for us.

When fit he's a very good player and he comes up very well over the media and interviews etc . I hope his I jury record is just bad luck ,bit like JJB early in his career