He also should have had one chalked off because the evil Brent Webb always passes forward.

So we'll leave it at 5.

This. Ruined the weekend for me.

Poor technique. Thumb should have been round the ball. I expect he'll be dropped next week because of that.

Really good finishing by Mcguire to get his 5 tries against the Bulls. Wasn't his last five try haul against Widnes?

A big game player is young Danny.

Agreed.

He just needs to lift his game against other big clubs in big games now, like against Castleford for instance.

I bet it was multiple orgasm time for one particular individual yesterday as he got to see that trademark swan dive on no less than six occasions yesterday, and against such stiff opposition too.

His try scoring record in Grand Finals and for GB/England isn't too shabby.

McGuire's tries by opponent:

28 - London/Harlequins
22 - Castleford
20 - Bradford
18 - Wakefield
17 - St Helens, Wigan
16 - Les Catalans
14 - Warrington
12 - Hull, Salford
11 - Huddersfield
7 - Widnes
5 - Hull KR, Leigh
3 - Celtic/Crusaders
2 - Toulouse
1 - Canterbury, Manly, Melbourne, Rochdale

Danny McGuire has scored four tries in Grand Finals - sharing top spot with Michael Withers and Lee Smith - and along with Lee Smith they are the only players to score tries in three seperate GF's.

beat me too it,but we should not have responded to his silly post.He must have been grasping at straws for that kind of troll attempt

Can you offer the same analysis for Ben Cross please.

Nice to see the Hornets in such exalted company there



Pity he didn't get the 6th to emulate Vainikolo though, would've been great to do it v Bulls

It's not too bad. Though not necessarily an indicator of the quality of his play in those games.

IIRC his last (and only) Leeds MOM in a final of any note was the WCC against Canterbury in 2005.

Still, like you said, his try scoring record is none too shabby and I expect he will add to his tally by plenty before retiring with franchising ensuring his major victims stay in the league.

28 - London/Harlequins
22 - Castleford
20 - Bradford
18 - Wakefield

good support player, nothing more nothing less

Much like Shaun Edwards, only better.

All Shaun's opponents were flat track. At least Mcguire plays against full time professionals.

Some of the weakest teams in SL at the top of a 'Tries Conceded List' shocker!

Bradford were one of the top teams not so long ago, many of those tries will have come in big games.

Perhaps G1 will care to name a date when Bradford became Leeds' victim?

IIRC this particular Leeds' victim entered the Magic Weekend having won our two most recent encounters.

I never really saw what was so good about edwards.

I just remember highlight videos of him scuttling round the park like an obnoxious goblin with a scowl on his face.

I'm so glad the late 80's and early 90's was abit before my time i'd have gone mental watching the game week in week out at that time.

He won lots of medals, which according to some Wigan fans, makes him a great player, and better than, say, Garry Schofield.

Interestingly, if you use the same argument to explain why Sir Kev is better than O'Loughlin, it ceases to be a valid argument.

He was a classic flat track bully (i hate myself for using that term) and was nothing at International level. His greatest contribution was getting sent off at the old Wembley for a disgraceful high shot.

Edwards was a good player in a completely dominant team. He certainly wasn't as good as Schofield (as shown by their performances on level playing fields in the NRL or in internationals) or Gregory or Hanley from his own side, and that's just the half-backs.

If you'd have put a decent club player of the time, someone like Graham Steadman, in that Wigan side they'd have won exactly the same amount of medals as Edwards and the Goon fans would have churches and shrines to the spirit of St.Graham.

A disgraceful high shot that arguably saved a try and contributed to a famous GB win though.

IIRC Ewards record against the Aussies and Kiwis was around the 50% mark which if correct would look pretty decent by recent standards.

Edwards IMO was a pretty good player in a very good team. The comparison to McGuire is fairly apt. Schofield was IMO a great player in a clique driven team - unfortunately he also was the one doing the dividing most of the time.

I think most non-Wigan fans (including me) downplay Edwards' ability to a degree because Wigan fans are generally so ridiculously OTT in rating him. What I think non-Wigan fans tend to underrate is Edwards' competitiveness and will to win, and how much that was a part of Wigan's dominance during his time there.

Danny McGuire has been an excellent player for Leeds during his time in the side. He record speaks for itself, tries in big games - as much as some would like - cannot be erased from the record books. It would also be interesting to compare his try assists to other notables amongst his peers in the side

A classic stand off he probably isn't but his ability to read the play is unmatched in the modern game. Without his try scoring feats Leeds would not have won the GF's they have. If he had not played to the standard he did in 2010 the Rhinos would not have made the play offs - that comes from his captain.

Player scores more tries against weaker teams shocker



Must have been a slow day for some yesterday.

Surely the role a half should play is to make tries happen. I think McGuire does this in spades, both scoring individual tries, supporting others' breaks, and delivering tries with good final passes.

I never quite understand the whole "he's rubbish, all he does is score tries" argument. Sure there may be better technical players, with better skills, but the experts will tell you that converting breaks or half breaks into tries is what makes the difference, and that's what he brings.

Perhaps he wouldn't because he never actually said that they had. He said they had been McGuire's victim.