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.

I think of our stand-in options at prop, Kirke is probably the man with the tools to do a job up front in the big matches. He's never been known to let anyone down, and while he's not a specialist prop he can certainly biff the ball up the middle as well as most. Ambler will also no doubt get some gamer time, and I think next weeks match is massive for him, assuming he plays, to have the game of his life and make his claim for a Wembley place.

Losing 2 grand final winning props in a week is bad news, and hardly ideal build up, but injuries are part and parcel of the game, and others will now have to step up.

It is personally obviously devastating for the lads involved. Burgess I'm sure will have more chances to play in big finals. I hope JP will too.

Anyone else think that after last year's showing Sinfield is the natural choice to skipper England this year?

If ever a player deserved a Wembley cup final, it's Peacock.

kirke looks a very big strong lad with plenty of pace, interesting how he'll do

Sinfield for england captain? Not sure, doesn't seem the same player at 13 for england although as you rigtly point out was excellent at 9, whether he should captain at 9 i don't know.

moz must be favourite, getting on but still has global respect.

Absolutely gutted for the bloke he deserved his day at Wembley too

Just when we were all coming to terms with Burgess' horific injury, then along comes this bombshell

Totally gutted for JP as he's missing out on his dream of playing at Wembley, when players reach the back end of their careers you never know if he'll get another chance to play there

He will be sadly missed as he's a main "go forward" player, and is a leader of men.

JP is also that calibre of player that has the ability and sheer will to win at all costs to be able to pull off that vital game winning play as seen in our CC wins against Wigan and Saints in earlier rounds

But cometh the hour, cometh the man.....Someone will now have to stand up and seize their chances, Im sure they will too

The War cry from here on in is "lets do it for JP and Biff"

Absolutely gutted for JP and the Rhinos. He'll be a huge loss.

As has been said, Eastwood will probably revert to prop from the bench and I expect people like Lauititi, Delaney, Ablett and JJB to put in more work to cover for JP being absent.

I guess for Wembley, barring no more injuries, a pack of;

Kylie
Buderus
Bailey
JJB
Ablett
Sinfield

Bench;
Diskin
Eastwood
Kirke
Lauititi

Tough on Clarkson I know......Any thoughts on the above?

I know a few posters want Clarkson in (and on merit he may be worth a spot!) and to do this I suppose you could play Clarkson at second row, drop JJB to the bench and then drop Eastwood(?).......

Please Bluey not Amor!

Terrible news for JP in particular. However we have a strong squad with several different options and we have the character for the other players to step up to the plate.

My main concern now is that we cannot afford another key man out injured so I would rest DMcG to be sure he is ok for Wembley. We should be able to beat Catalan without him but would struggle to win the Cup if he were also out injured.

Time for some of the Ambler nectar.

Terrible news for JP in particular. However we have a strong squad with several different options and we have the character for the other players to step up to the plate.

My main concern now is that we cannot afford another key man out injured so I would rest DMcG to be sure he is ok for Wembley. We should be able to beat Catalan without him but would struggle to win the Cup if he were also out injured.

No danger of that, he's struggled to make the Whitehaven team at times this year.

I see Mr Gledhill is gloating nicely on Facebook bless him

Gutted for him, a player I have always respected and its a real shame he is going to miss his big day and the rest of the season. Losing 2 props would really mess up most teams seasons and it would be a shame if it derails yours just when you are running into some form.

Regards England I am not too concerned I actually hoped he would step down after the World Cup. He brings great leadership to the team but i fear at that level he was starting to run on tired legs. We need a next generation to come through and now we have no excuses for not doing so. Step forward Sam Burgess to replace him.

He has looked the part when given the chance this season

It a shame peacock will miss the challenge cup final, it's not nice for anyone to miss the final but players like peacock deserve to play in finals as they put all the hard work in everyweek.

It's a long time to be out for a prop of his age but if anyone can come back from a serious injury its someone like peacock.

Great player and one of my fave players, loved the way he knocked $hit out of willie mason when mason floored fielden.

Gutted for him.

Big blow. Hopefully his replacement will have to really step up, as will the other 12 men on the field

As a Wire fan, the match-up between Moz and JP was one of the things I was really looking forward to at Wembley. Gutted that a real hero of the game misses this match and best wishes to him for a full and speedy recovery.

Gutted by this news! Gutted for jp! My first thought if I'm honest is that our season is fooked! But I know this team finds a way to win whoever is missing!

Come on rhinos!