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Leeds Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield says Brian McDermott is the best coach he has ever worked under

Image: Kevin Sinfield (R): Has heaped praise on Brian McDermott after reaching Grand Final

Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield has stated that current Rhinos boss Brian McDermott is the best coach he has ever worked under.

Full-strength

Leeds are expected to be at full-strength as they bid to land a fifth Super League title in six years with Danny McGuire set to return after a one-match suspension. Sinfield, whose side were outscored by Wigan by two tries to one, admits the Rhinos lacked the creativity and penetration of the half-back on Friday night. "We were disjointed at times with the ball without Danny in the middle and it did affect us. But the guys really dug in," Sinfield said. "Wigan are a great team so to beat them on their own patch is huge for us. The goal was to stay alive for another week and thankfully we've done that." He added: "To have Danny back is huge, especially with how he's played this year. There is no other player in the world who can give us what Danny gives us. "The triangle of myself, Danny and Rob (Burrow) works really well, although I thought Shaun Lunt was huge for us with the minutes he played. "But the three of us have done it for 13 or 14 years now and you take one of us out and it makes life difficult, certainly from an attacking perspective. "To see Danny so happy after the game was brilliant. But we've still got a job to do. We wanted to stay alive for another week, we aren't ready for it to finish yet. We've given ourselves a huge opportunity for next week."