Mike McMeeken could have been forgiven for giving up on his career-long quest for silverware when he committed the rest of his career to newly-promoted Wakefield at the start of the 2025 campaign.
The England second-rower has earned a reputation as one of Super League’s nearly-men having featured in three Grand Finals – once for Castleford then twice with Catalans Dragons in 2021 and 2023 – and finished up on the losing side each time.
