Eastwood relishing 'big occasion'

Friday 26th February 2010

An excited Greg Eastwood is counting down the days until Sunday's eagerly-anticipated Gillette World Club Challenge.

Leeds tackle Melbourne Storm at Elland Road looking to match the feats of Wigan and Bradford, who have both won the title three times.

"It's a big occasion and I'm really looking forward to it," said Eastwood. "Like the rest of the team I just can't wait to get out there and go up against Australia's best and see where we're at."

He added: "They're a tough team, really good at the wrestle. They've been doing it well for the last few years.

"I'd expect an arm wrestle for the whole 80 minutes and, with guys like Billy Slater and Greg Inglis coming off the back of that, we've just got to weather the storm and go from there."

Eastwood also refuted suggestions his side had the psychological edge, having beaten the Storm at the same ground just two years ago.

"We have beaten them but that was two years ago, this is now. It will be interesting to see on Sunday, it should be good," he said.

"Especially with the sort of form we've had and they're no pushover, so it's going to be a real big challenge for us.

"We're looking forward to it. We've trained well this week and it'll be good to see if we can match it."