Schofield has just tweeted this - Leeds to win the Challenge Cup & Danny McGuire to win the Lance Todd

For the first time errr, ever... I am inclined to agree!

McGuire has been quality for us this year.

Bluey will probably use Eastwood or Kirke as interchange prop as i can't see him giving it to Ambler.

Ambler is the only other out and out prop, if you're not counting Amor who has no chance of playing.

Kirke/Pitts/Eastwood may have to play in the front row, we'll probably know more after Friday's game.

You losing Peacock and Burgess is like us losing Morley and Harrison. Massive blows. I hope neither team loses any more. Want the best final for decades. Oh, and a last minute winning try from Jon Clarke.

Every cloud and all that... I think that Clarkson will almost certainly get a place on the bench now (I thought he would be the 18th man with Peacock fit) and I think the lad deserves it!

Yep, but it will be one hell of a thing for a player at his age to come back from and get to the sort of level he is at now.

Then again if there's one player you'd back to do it I guess it's JP.

I have a sneeky feeling he'll start mate with Jjb coming off the bench ala Cas on friday with Eastwood been used as interchange prop.

Yeah, Clarkson's looked very good when I've seen you in recent weeks.

Looking at our potential squad, we still have more than enough to win it. It's a big blow but not a disaster, I would be more concerned if it was Sinfeild who was missing the Final tbh.

Not sure Burgess is as integral to our side as Harrison is to yours, but Peacock is at least a big a loss as Morley would be for you lot.

To put a bit of "every cloud" spin on it he'll have his 1st full pre-season in years and mis the international series so plenty of rest.

You might be right, it did work well on Friday and I think you are right about Eastwood, and will probably be asked to be the interchange prop with Kylie & Bailey starting.

That's actually quite a scary thought.

Doesn't 6 months from now bring us to the middle of february? And won't the league have therefore begun by then?

deffo feel for the lad was looking forward to the best 2 props in the league locking horns , massive blow for england also

Probably true. I was thinking in terms of playing style and experience.

Yep but i honestly think he'll be back for the strat and be just as good and all the better for the time off.

As a wire fan this is bitter sweet. I am glad on a playing level he won't be playing against us, but on the other hand I am really gutted for him, have nothing but admiration for the man.

What exactly has he done?

Sad news, we wouldnt be in the final without him
I was surprised he played against Cas, he was playing injured in the semi and should not have played injured again
Makes the Challenge Cup, Grand Final and Four nations even more difficult

I was struggling to see where burgess may have fitted into the Wembley line up but such a shame for jp in what may have been his last chance.

Clarkson was another who may have missed out if lauititi & eastwood picked but I too can see him starting now & much deserved if he does

Sadly, it's just the way it goes and there's no point in using injuries as an excuse.

Injuries are part and parcel of the season and other clubs will go through this too hopefully.

They are but that is still a classless remark.

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Shades of Jeff Grayshon at Leeds 1986. Hopefully Peacock will get another opportunity but that's a body blow for the player and the team for now.

Leeds will just have to get on with it.

devastating news for the big man.

so barring any more injuries

Wire pack

Moz
Monas/Clarke
Carvell
Loius
Benny
Harrison

Solo, Woody, Vinny/clarke on the bench

How will you line up against that

Kylie
Buderas / Diskin
Bailey
jjb
kirke?
sinny

then who ?

Massive blow for JP and Leeds, though always possible when a front-row forward is asked to put in as much hard work for so many years that it'll fall apart somewhere with a long lay-off.

Vital that Eastwood or Lauititi step up and go towards filling the gap for the rest of the season, not as props necessarily but as big metre-making defence-draining forwards rather than impact substitutes.