Golden Generation part 1 - looking back at Leeds Rhinos' Super League Grand Final heroes

Only three of those are still at the club and this year's squad includes only one member of the side which beat Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford in 2015 to complete an historic treble of all major domestic trophies.

Over the next two weeks, we will be remembering every player to feature for Leeds in a Grand Final victory, where they came from and what was next after their Rhinos career.

We start with 13 players from Ablett to Donald.

The next group of players, from Ellis to Leuluai, will be featured tomorrow (Wednesday).

Carl Ablett: A Rhinos academy product, Ablett played in all of Leeds’ title wins from 2007 onwards - scoring in 2011 and 2012 - and holds the record for most Grand Final appearances without defeat. He retired at the end of 2019 and now runs his own plumbing and heating business.

Marcus Bai: The Papua New Guinea winger was signed from Melbourne Storm in 2004 and appeared in Rhinos’ Grand Final win that year. He moved on to Bradford Bulls in 2016 and now lives in Australia.

Ryan Bailey: The Leeds academy graduate played in Rhinos’ first six title triumphs. After leaving at the end of 2014, he had spells with Hull KR, Castleford Tigers and Warrington Wolves, plus several lower-division clubs and retired in 2019.

Tom Briscoe: Signed in 2014, the former Hull man scored a brace of tries in the 2017 title win, having also featured two years earlier. He remains one of Rhinos’ first-choice wingers.

Danny Buderus: The ex-Australia captain joined Rhinos in 2009 from Newcastle Knights, but missed that year’s Grand Final through injury. He hit top form in 2011 and the surprise Old Trafford win over St Helens was his final game for the club before a playing swansong at the Knights, where he is now general manager of football.

Luke Burgess: Having come through Rhinos’ system, Burgess was a substitute in Leeds’ 2009 title victory. He left to join South Sydney midway through 2011, later played for Manly Sea Eagles and finished his career with two spells at Salford Red Devils either side of a stint with Catalans Dragons. He now lives in Australia and is managing director of a clothing label - with his brothers - and strategic engagement executive at South Sydney.

Rob Burrow: An eight-time Grand Final champion - twice as man of the match and scorer of a sensational try in 2011 - Burrow’s final game was at Old Trafford in 2017. He joined Rhinos’ coaching staff, but was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019.