McDermott's a visionary. He's been preparing Leeds for this change for years.

Whilst that obviously wasn't some future vision by the club, I did point out several weeks ago that if the number of interchanges does go down that we would probably be better prepared to cope with it due to our players already usually doing long minutes.

Fact 1 McGuire will be captain. Who has skippered in Sinfield's absence?
Fact 2 Keinhorst is a solid starter. Check the team line ups in the match day programmes.
Fact 3 Keinhorst is lightweight. Check the website stats. He's almost identical to Ward.

Don't argue against facts.

It will be interesting to see how they go with Keinhorst regarding his body for next season. Obviously players particularly during pre-season will be conditioned based on the position they play and I doubt it was in the plans last November that Keinhorst would be playing weekly at 2nd row.

Well to be fair, that was where he was playing at Hunslet. Perhaps that was the plan to develop.

Not true. In the last 4 games when he has been emergency cover for the 2nd row he has made 8 tackle busts out of 39 carries with an average of one TB every 4.87 carries which is a better average than the Ablett, Kylie, JP, Cuthbo, Aiton, and Delaney for the same period. Only Singo and Ward of the forwards beat his average so he is not doing too bad for a lightweight.

Great effort. But like I said, don't argue with facts. It makes you look daft

Personally wouldn't want him to bulk up. He clearly has strength as it is with a bit of speed. At the moment he offers good cover in a number of positions which is important. For me this is where his strength is versatile utility player

This ^^^
Whilst the "bulk up" programme worked for Stevie Ward it has back-fired thus far on Walters if JK stays "as is" he easily comes into the team at Centre ,Wing or BR and imo looks more than comfortable there i'd say he's pretty much under-rated by many.

Keinhorst is a more skillful version of Liam Botham. Perfectly adequate in a number of positions and a useful player to have in any squad. Someone you know won't let you down through lack of effort.

Agree with that. Players like Keinhorst are important to the team, not in the sense of a major player like a Peacock or McGuire but in adding depth to a squad. If he's happy playing a few games a year for Leeds with the rest at Hunslet then he'll be a very useful player for us in the future.

With the amount of injuries Delaney, JJB and Achurch pick up, being the backup second rower comes with plenty of opportunity.

Maybe Walters issue isn't that he bulked up it's just that he's not as good as Stevie Ward or Keinhorst?

Walters hasn't even properly bulked up all over. Just looks like he's had an transplant with Kim Kardashian.