Kevin Sinfield Leeds Rhinos captain

I'm proud of our efforts in the Grand Final, but it was never our night.

We probably played a bit tighter than we usually do but we didn't seem to get any rhythm and kept shooting ourselves in the foot.

It's hard to put a quality team like Bradford under pressure when you keep spilling ball. On another day we would have kept hold of a lot more and things would have been different.

It's been an honour to play with this group of people over the last two years Kevin Sinfield

Bradford were the best team and we have to take that on the chin and come back stronger.

It's very disappointing to reach the two biggest Cup finals in the British game and come away without anything.

If you'd have offered us a place in the Challenge Cup final and the Grand Final two years ago, we would have grabbed it with both hands and been very happy.

But it shows how far this team has come. Second isn't good enough for us any more.

We're looking to kick on next year and I've no doubt we will.

We're always motivated and hungry for success, but things like this create bad memories that you don't want to relive.

It's been an honour to play with this group of people over the last two years.

I know this is the last time we'll play together as a team and it's a great disappointment for it to end like this.

People like Barrie McDermott don't come along very often, and I've really enjoyed being a team-mate of his.

It's been an absolute pleasure to play with some of the other lads who are leaving.

Things like this happen and we'll all stay friends. We've got a special bond.

My own game was so-so. Finals can be like that, and it was very tough.