Super League: Kylie Leuluai eyeing up sixth United Kingdom title

“I wanted to win and make sure it was this week where it all finished, but this week I know this is it, there’s no more games after this one”. We have used that in training – from pre-season and throughout the year.

Leeds booked their place in a first Grand Final in three years with a tense 20-13 victory over reigning champions St Helens last Friday, a play-off semi-final which gave the Rhinos fans the chance to say goodbye to Peacock, Kevin Sinfield and Kylie Leuluai.

“For all the respect I’ve got for those three players who are retiring, the thing I’m concerned about is my own club and we have our own reasons”, he said.

“I think he wants to make up for it and we are behind him 100 per cent”.

Warriors prop Ben Flower became the first player to be sent off in Grand Final history when he was dismissed just two minutes into last year’s game with St Helens after he punched Saints’ stand-off Lance Hohaia while he was prone on the ground after being felled by Flower’s initial punch.

They have met four times this season, with two wins each for either side, but Leeds came out on top 25-18 in their last encounter at Headingley in August.

The NRL-bound winger was in tears last week after playing his last Wigan match at the DW Stadium.

“I want to enjoy it and there’s a lot of people who have played a huge part in my career and it would be nice to put on a good performance for them”. “All it takes is one small thing for you to flip”. When you win you obviously celebrate then it’s hard the week after, and the week after and so on.

“This is a massive game for me, there’s a lot of emotion involved having been talking about it all week”, he said.

Given Peacock’s impressive form in his final year as a player, the inevitable question of the 37-year-old carrying on in 2016 was posed this week.

“It brought us closer, and I didn’t think that would be possible because we’re a tight group anyway”, he said. A role off the field as Hull KR’s football manager awaits him next year, and he is determined to make sure his playing career ends in fairytale fashion. “It’s not the playing, it’s more all the stuff that happens in between games. Going out with the company of those two has definitely made it much easier”. “We’re battle-hardened from some incredibly tough games over the past few weeks and we’re ready for the big one”.