Leeds Rhinos legend reveals greatest and worst moment in rugby league

Leeds Rhinos legend Jamie Peacock MBE has revealed his best – and worst – moments from his stellar career.

Peacock started his career with Bradford Bulls, where he made over 200 appearances and became Man of Steel.

With the Bulls, he won three Grand Finals, two Challenge Cups, two World Club Challenges and three League Leaders’ Shields.

He then joined a Leeds Rhinos side with the likes of Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow, part of a famous dynasty that saw him end his career with an incredible nine Grand Final victories to his name.

At Headingley, he was part of another side that again won everything there is to win in British rugby league.

Leeds Rhinos legend reveals greatest and worst moment in rugby league

Speaking on The Bench Podcast with Jenna and Jon, Peacock was asked what his best and worst moments from his career were.

Revealing his greatest moment, Peacock said: “I’d say winning the treble in 2015 because I think… to bow out at Leeds like that, and it was a difficult treble to win. Finishing top of the league, we did it in the last seconds, didn’t we, when they had to bring the helicopter back from Wigan.

“Then the Grand Final right at the end to win that – coming from behind to beat Wigan – and we were running on fumes as a team. Five or six of our main players were not in that game so I was just really lucky to do that.”

However, after retiring to become a coach at Hull KR, he came out of retirement to play the final games of their season due to injuries in the squad, and he continued: “Sport is pretty brutal though because I then came out of retirement and my last ever action on a rugby league field was watching a drop goal sail over as I got relegated with Hull KR.”

Jon Wilkin then joked: “There’s a cautionary tale for anybody – and this goes for the people we work with and Jamie. Do not come out of retirement. Sam pulled his hamstring two weeks in and your last moment is turning around and watching a Gaz O’Brien drop goal go 50 yards.”

That drop goal meant Hull KR sank to the Championship at the expense of Salford Red Devils.

Peacock continued: “I never wanted to come out of retirement. I only came out of retirement because we had no players left and we were battling relegation. I thought the last thing I could do is to come out of retirement and play for the team to try and help them.

“I was totally and happily retired. It’s a really difficult game playing in the front row. It’s not fun. I’m really glad to be retired. I don’t miss it all. I missed big games for a period of about five or six years.”