That's baseball though where they can have anything between 00 and 99.......in RL I want my starting props wearing 8 and 10, not 35 and 43 because we've starting retiring the usual numbers.

I agree I am not in favour of retiring numbers ,but a wall of fame with a classy bronze plaque yes

Definitely not in favour of retiring numbers, I don't like that. But I'm hoping as part of the redeveloped North or South Stands in the future that there'll be some kind of museum/Trophy Room/whatever you want to call it where there can be a fitting tribute to the likes of Sinfield and also show off our entire history as a club.

widdop was the player who sprang to my mind. Dont know whether its feasible but he'd tick every box

Apparently we sounded him out before he moved to St George but he wasn't ready to return to England.

Id have no problem with retiring shirts. don't care even slightly what number a player wears. Its one of the things RL insists on that most sports don't really care about, and its where we miss out somewhat in terms of branding.

Saying that, there is a limit to how it can be used that aren't apparent in US club sports where they generally go through a lot more players anyway. If we are doing 10 and 13 for Sinfield and Peacock, pretty soon we will be struggling to find numbers not retired. Especially with the amount of legends retiring over the next few years.

Personally I think we should look outside of headingley and find a way to get our legends names dotted throughout the city. Whether its buildings or plaques or some brilliant idea someone smarter than me thinks of it would be nice to honour them outside the RL bubble.

Sinfield though is something special, first captain to take us to championship since methuselah was a lad, most successful, came in at 16 and played his whole RL career here, captained Leeds, captained England, won at least one of every medal he could have, and handled himself eloquently and brilliantly throughout his career. The legacy he created still has a use for us as a idol and an aim for every young player who comes through our system. So, I would vote for instead of retiring Sinfield's shirt, we use it. U19's player of the year wears the first team 13 the next year presented to him first game of the season, with Sinfields stats stitched in. The best young player we have, in the year he makes the step up, gets Sinfields shirt number as a marker of what is not only expected of him but of the potential available to him.

Nothing like putting pressure on a young kid.

Fantastic idea. Love it.

I don't believe that any young player wants to be the next (insert name of previous great player), if they've aspirations to greatness they should want to be the first (insert name).

I get what you are saying but how many appearances are our u19's player of the year making the next year?

I get what you are saying but its less about putting pressure on them, and more holding this shirt up as something to be earned. Something the best earn.

IIRC Rob Burrow has his name on the side of one of First's newer range of buses. They've named each one of them after people with connections to the city such as Liz Dawn for example.

The Kevin Sinfield South Stand?

The Jamie Peacock North Stand

Doesn't have the same ring as the Ian Bell end.

It certainly doesn't, I'll give you that.