This is great for Liam Sutcliffe, but awful for the Rhinos. Him and JP leaving at the same time is going to make it a massive task to finish in the play-offs.

Be interesting to see who we try and bring in.Personally i would like to see Sutcliffe given the 6 shirt but with Sinfield and JP off the books at the same time would surely give us enough cash to go for a high profile forward which is what i would like to see us do.

This is the most worrying aspect for next year. Talk about transition!

I think the Sleeve will promote from within ,but I expect a couple of signings

My best memory was at the mcalpine when he kicked a touch line conversion to take the game into extra time!

I remember Kevin Sinfield. Legend. What more can be said?

Promote Sutcliffe and, as you say, use the space on a top notch forward to add to Cuthbertson, Singleton and the juniors they're bringing through. A monster pack will help young halves develop better whereas a poor pack will not help a marquee half back.

Listening to the interview with GH on the Rhinos website he makes it sound very much like that we'll go with Sutcliffe and not recruiting for that particular position.

No fear, I'm not going anywhere

The team will miss Sinny for sure, but he was due to be gone after next year if this move to Union had not come up. Yep it will be tough to replace Sir Kev and JP, but we all knew it was coming including GH et al, so hopefully a succession plan is in place and we will move onward an upward after a brief (fingers crossed) period of transition.

Given that we already have space for a decent signing (the spare 25 shirt from the start of the season) plus JP, Sir Kev and Kylie off the books you'd think there was room for more than one boom player.

Tbh if somebody said 12 months ago that both Sinfield and Peacock would leave at the end of 2015 I would be quite worried about 2016......however after the start we've made to 2015 and seeing how the likes of Ward and Singleton have stepped up massively and how Cuthbertson seems to be the key man in the forwards now and the impact Aiton is having. That plus the likelihood of a couple of signings means I'm not really anywhere near as concerned as I thought I would be when hearing today's (and last weeks) news.

One thing both Sinfield and Peacock deserve credit for (apart from their great service) is that both came to their decisions very early in the season which helps us know with plenty of warning/time what we'll have/need for 2016. Sinfield obviously made his intentions know 6 weeks ago to GH and Peacock didn't spend half a season just waiting to see how the body felt and keeping open the possibility that he might change his mind.

Can see him on Question of sport every other week.being a union player

Top player, top bloke.... Sad to see him go.... He was a class act, no doubt about it..

I think he'll go okay. He's not going to play for England (probably), but his goal kicking alone makes him worth a crack.