Jimmy Keinhorst has outlined the astonishing lengths he went to in order to play for Leeds Rhinos against New Zealand. The centre, who was part of the 2015 treble-winning squad, was one of the guest players in the club's defeat to the Kiwis at Headingley on Saturday.
The 32-year-old was only asked to play a little over 48 hours before kick-off. However, at the time he wasn't even in the country, having flown to Italy to attend the wedding of former Rhinos hooker and current Hull KR team-mate, Matt Parcell. Nevertheless, he agreed to play, despite being deep into his own off-season, and took to the field less than 24 hours after returning from holiday.
"I got a message off Jonesy (Jamie Jones-Buchanan) on Thursday," he said. "I was away in Italy at Matt Parcell's wedding. He put it out there to see if I fancied a run. I said yes as I kind of figured they were scratching around for players! I flew back into Manchester at three this morning (Saturday), so I'm tired now and off to bed. So yeah, back at three after a heavy wedding.
