And the unfortunate Burgess is hoping his team-mates can keep the dream alive for him after he strained his groin in training.

Burgess' name was missing when Brian McClennan named his 19-man squad this morning and the coach confirmed Rhinos' injury curse had struck again.

McClennan said: "It is a bit of a blow, but we are confident we can carry on.

"He looks doubtful for the Wakefield game too, but it is a squad game and the 17 on duty will do their best for Leeds I am sure."

With the engage Super League and Carnegie World Club Challenge trophies already in the cabinet, Rhinos have made no secret of the fact they are targeting the Challenge Cup this year.

But Burgess feels there is plenty of hard work to be done before Leeds can even contemplate the final stages of their march to the arch.

"We'll be looking to get a win on Sunday and progress in the competition," said Burgess.

"It would be massive to go all the way. It is a childhood dream to play at Wembley and win the Challenge Cup, so obviously it's something that's driving us all.

"We just want to keep knocking these games off, taking each game as it comes and hopefully slowly work our way to Wembley."

Rhinos are favourites to win the Challenge Cup this year, but Quins away is a major hurdle, Burgess believes.

"We've got a tough draw," he said. "Harlequins are always tough on their own paddock. But if we train like we have been doing all week, we are pretty confident we'll go down there and do what we need to do."

Leeds crushed Harlequins 48-0 when the teams met in Super League two months ago, but Burgess said that result will be irrelevant this weekend.

"Each game is different," he said. "Obviously we won't be talking about what happened last time.

"We will treat it as a new game, starting from scratch. We've got to show respect to Harlequins. They are a good team and they have put in plenty of good performances this year.

"We are expecting a tough game."

Rhinos will again be missing several first-choice players through injury, but Burgess is confident the fringe men in the side will cope.

"The guys who came in against Bradford last week did a tremendous job," he said.

"Kallum Watkins was outstanding and so was Eric Anselme."

Leeds will be without full-back Brent Webb, who is on Test match duty for New Zealand against Australia this weekend.

"We want to win for each other, not just Webby in particular," said Burgess.

"But that will make it even more special if we can get through, because we have got plenty of strength in depth.

"I am not sure what Bluey (coach Brian McClennan) is going to do, but I am sure whoever comes in will do a good job for us."