Obviously Mac would have had the intention to go with the side that served him so well in the semi for the final but i do believe if one of the fringe players had put in a stand out showing against the Broncos it may have changed his thinking but they clearly didn't.

I, like a few others would have liked to have seen Achurch for Kirke or Sutcliffe, but its hard to argue with that side really.

if he is remotely fit for the game i will be amazed! 2 weeks for a dislocated elbow that was so bad that it couldnt be done my their doctors?!?! theres playing with a knock and then theres this... "we shall see" said the blind man to his deaf dog...

I'm sure Kylie and JP will give it a good working over..

Could be a big risk, looked bad on the slow motion and i said straight away he was done for the season.Obviously he wants to play badly but heart can't rule head in these kind of games, if he isn't 100% he will be found out.

Hopefully the injury will stop his offload game, thats what hurt us when we met at headingley

I'm very happy with Kirke.

I`m sure you are.
You are probably his wife or his Agent.

In about 40 years time I wonder if Kirke will be referred to as a Leeds legend from their glory days

I think a lot of teams in many sports have such a player - one who is rubbish yet is retained for years and years. No-one ever offers to take off your hands and when you do eventually release, ends up at a much poorer team; even in lower leagues. A lot of teams have them. I haven't followed RL for long enough to give specific names for other teams, but I think Kirke is Leeds'.

Y'know, the player who comes on and people groan and say 'oh no, not him'... yet invariably ends up being there for donkeys years and will have his name down as a 'winner' of any trophies the team were lucky enough to win that time.

I'm not sure who equivalent past Rhinos would be - sure some of you can educate me.

It's Wembley week, dreams can happen.

Maybe Kirke will stamp some strong contribution, dislodging a ball or maybe another Wembley try on the winners team this time?

think most leeds fans would like to see him put a shift in, nothing special lol

Or bust a tackle.....did I take it too far?

Kirke already has a CC final try to his name doesn't he? Not many Leeds props can say that...