Yes their was....."Here Zak, Mags is injured for several weeks so I'm making you captain in the meantime"......simple.



I know he wasn't but he has started the last 2 games and McDermott could've switched the captaincy to him quite easily. Ablett was fit for Widnes game post McGuire injury so he could've got it before getting injured, maybe Cuthbertson too. So yes he did have other options rather than someone he apparently wanted rid of.

Don't be n0b head - he could have named Handley as captain!! - the point is with the current culture at Leeds Burrow was never going to overlooked - politically that wasn't possible.

JJB would have been the obvious replacement but it was very likely that McGuire would have been back before JJB anyway. So given the obvious scenarios - well to most of us - Burrow was the only realistic choice.

Really is their any need for insults
JJB would have been the obvious replacement but it was very likely that McGuire would have been back before JJB anyway. So given the obvious scenarios - well to most of us - Burrow was the only realistic choice.'"

had this discussion after the match , why should mags and burrow be captain by default

kev didn't have ten years service when made captain, but people with his single mindedness are very rare.

the one interesting thing he said at the carnegie talk was that the champions get reffed differently.

Do they get watched differently too?

more expected or less?