So it does, it ain’t a bad choice to be fair if that is it!

I’ve got a feeling it will be Martin, seems to be the most prominent on the marketing material theyre using, my choice would be Ward but it might not be a bad thing to let him concentrate on playing without the responsibility after the injuries hes had, same with Gale

They may start with several as Capt so as to form a leaders group and then settle for a regular Capt

Agar says that captain will play on Boxing Day which would take Martin out of the equation.

Has to be ward or gale then surely??

Gale by a mile for me

Agreed

Watching the training clips from yesterday morning all the calls are coming from Gale.
Granted you'd expect to hear a no7 calling the shots but even in the huddles his voice is the dominant one.

I'd be very happy if we had Gale as captain.

Very happy with this, Stevie Ward made captain

Me too, correct decision.

if he stays fit then perfect

Fingers crossed he can stay fit. Very good choice though.

Logical choice but assumes a certain level of fitness which ultimately isn't guaranteed for any player.

Assume gale will be vice captain.

I stand by my original comments though that the team needs a number of players with captain attributes making who has the actual armband more of a symbolic thing.

I think so too ,he seems a very level headed sensible young man .

It’s time for him to build a new golden generation legacy.

Pleased with this.

The right man for the job in my view. He'll command the respect of the dressing room, he's got the intelligence for the role and he knows the club.

Yes, his injury history is always going to come up, but how many full seasons have Wigan had out of O'Loughlin in recent years?

Should have been Stevie instead of Watkins imo. Good choice

Echo responses of others. Only choice for me. Hoping he can stay fit and get a good season behind him now. Really, he could have another 10 years in a Leeds shirt, so let's hope he puts these injury issues behind him as JJB largely did from earlier in his career.

I really hope he gets a run of much deserved luck thats well over due regarding injuries. If he does he can fulfill the obvious potential shown since his days at Churwell, Hunslet and Leeds SA and itll be absolutely the right fit.

He's probably the right personality for the job, but with his injury record he needs to be concentrating on his own rugby. If he gets another serious injury next season and misses half a season again it does re-raised questions on whether he's the man to build a team around

Stevie Ward - Leeds Rhinos very own Darren Anderton

Wrong choice for me. Huge respect for Stevie as a player and a person but i) hasn't been consistently fit enough for a number of seasons, and ii) in my view just piles extra pressure on someone who has enough to worry about just getting and staying fit. Hope he has a great season though, for him and for us.

When fit he's a very good player and he comes up very well over the media and interviews etc . I hope his I jury record is just bad luck ,bit like JJB early in his career