Too many handling errors in slippery conditions proved costly in their first appearance in Super League's showpiece, and contributed to them struggling to reproduce the free-flowing rugby that saw them finish 10 points clear of Leeds at the top of the table.
McGuire also kicked two drop-goals as his display earned him the man of the match award in the Grand Final for the second time in three seasons.He and Burrow, also featuring in his last match for the Rhinos before joining the coaching http://www.authenticlosangeleskings.com/authentic-dave-taylor-jersey staff at the club's academy, are two of only three players to have won the Harry Sunderland Trophy twice in the 20-year history of the Grand Final. The other is their former team-mate Kevin Sinfield.
In 2015, legendary Leeds trio Sinfield, Jamie Peacock and Kylie Leuluai bowed out in style with a Grand Final win over Wigan.The Rhinos said farewell to two more legends in similar fashion on Saturday, with McGuire's contribution key.Leeds' resolute defence was typified in one first-half Adidas Anders Lee Jersey moment when, as Super League's leading try scorer Greg Eden seemed destined to touch down in the corner, McGuire made a desperate grab for the ball and it slipped from the grasp of the Castleford full-back.
McGuire's drop-goal in the closing seconds of the first period gave Leeds a seven-point advantage at the interval and he was on the spot to collect the loose ball when Eden lost an aerial challenge with Ryan Hall.
Leeds fans sang McGuire's name lustily late on, and with good reason. He and Burrow have appeared in all eight of the Rhinos' Grand Final wins.who scored arguably the best try in Grand Final history in Leeds' 2011 win over St Helens - came off the bench for the final 15 minutes. As Castleford http://www.authenticnewyorkislanders.com/authentic-anthony-beauvillier-jersey hopes faded, the pair had the chance to say goodbye in style, combining for McGuire's second and Leeds' fourth try of the contest.
If the domestic treble of 2015 was the stuff of dreams for Leeds, then 2016 was their annus horribilis.The defence of their Super League title was over before the Super 8s split, and it took a decent run of results in the Qualifiers to guarantee their Super League status.There have been rocky
moments along the way to an eighth Grand Final win - a 66-10 thumping by Castleford in March, for one.But the Rhinos have an uncanny knack of coming good when it matters, and 2017 was no different.This season will go down as one of the greatest in Castleford's history, despite a painful defeat in the Grand Final.
