McIllorum was born in Leeds but joined Wigan's Academy aged 17 in 2005, he played for England U16s in 2004 though, but dont know which club he was at then.

I'Anson started his career for Leeds, before a serious knee injury ruled him out for a subsequent amount of time and Leeds parted company with him.

i meant released by huds, aka he's currently no longer in super league.
(possible that it meant going to be released at the end of this season, but i seem to remember reading "had been released" a few months ago)

back at quins

started at quins, went to huds on loan, came up to rhinos on loan, went back to quins, then to donny, back to quins

Got you now. He was on their books some time this season which was the criteria I applied......

In the last 6 seasons (including this one) a league and cup double has been achieved only once.

How many times had Leeds won the championship before 2004?

How many times have Leeds won two championships in a row?

How many times have Leeds won 3 championships in a row?

How many teams have won 3 Super League championships in a row?

Why must you focus on what Leeds have NOT done when they have recently done so much and will soon hopefully do even more that we should be rightly proud of?

What is so special about the last six seasons? It has been achieved sixteen times in 114 seasons which averages at just over seven. Only never by a Leeds side.



Not enough.



Once



It's never happened.



None that I'm aware of.



I don't focus on it, I include it.

I've already recently said it would be a magnificent achievement if Leeds go on to win back to back to back Championships.

Its' when we started winning championships. Little point considering the prospect of a league and cup double from the preceding 32 years as those teams, unlike this one, couldn't attain the ultimate prize.

It also shows that a league and cup double is very, very difficult to do now that the salary cap is starting to have the desired effect and the talent appears to be more evenly spread.

Especially so now the final of the Challenge cup is so close to the play offs

That's a fair point and one I've argued before that it's time the Challenge Cup Final was moved back to it's traditional early May slot and get it well away from the play offs. Perhaps it would help breathe new life into the comp?

That said pre the summer era the two events were also very close together.

Those were the days when the League leaders were champions though and the Premiership was an end of season jaunt.

Can't see CC moving back now with the Magic weekend.

Not pre the 1972/73 season though. Back then the Champions like now (post 1997) were decided by the play offs where the Championship Final and Challenge Cup Final were but a few weeks apart.



I'm surprised that concept has lasted as long as it has.

I don't see that it adds very much to the campaign or the RFL's portfolio of events and personally I find it a relative embarrassment for the code. I supported the concept but if the event doesn't draw better support why continue with it?

Fox, Murell, Cockayne and and now Ratu all HKR. Do they have their own acadamy?'"

Is that ment to be ironic?

I must have missed the bit where he played for your first team.

Played first team for Rovers around 1999/2000.

That's a long list but not a lot of players who you'd really want back - maybe Fox to replace Donald, Carvell, Scruton, and maybe Terry Newton of a few years ago?