I'm not doubting which is more well known. I'm just a tad dissatisfied at the extent to which some people have to go to be awarded an honour compared to others. I have nothing against McIlroy but he's hardly been around the golf circuit for decades like some. It just seems to me that because he was in the news earlier in the year he gets an honour whereas people like Peacock have had to be at the top of their sport for 10 years or more and people like Bev Risman have to give a virtual lifetime to be honoured.

A lovely tribute to Bev Risman from Harry Jepson on the official club website too - is there anything, even just a small morsel of information, that Harry Jepson doesn't know about rugby league ?

Fully deserved. Outstanding player.

Not a lot mate, not a lot!....and what an amazing memory.

Bev Risman was one of my favourite players when I first started watching the game, but I could never remember so much fantastic detail.

from a leigh centurion- congats to jamie peacock- a great player and great servant to the game

Congratulations to both, a credit to themselves and our great game

About frickin time an all - well done JP and well deserved.

Jamie Peacock has simply doing his job - so what has he done that is so outstanding that justifies this award? What has he done over what he gets paid to do?

Bev Risman has contributed much to the development of junior RL and as such his award is worthy.

I don't think he knows who was responsible for the 'Wigan Disaster Sale' poster that did the rounds after they were finally beaten by Salford in the Challenge Cup after about nine (boring) consecutive seasons of winning the dam thing ....

.... Then again, neither do I

Well deserved MBE for Jamie, it's nice to see an RL player receiving such a prestigious award. It's good for the game as well as it puts RL and the player in the eye of the media. Well done

Well done JP and Bev credit to the game both of you, nice to see other club fans in agreement has the whole sport benifits but you always get one don't you

Fully back up your points. Class player (the son of the famous RL Hall of Fame star Gus) who was a RU/RL dual international of distinction and as you say really genuine, unassuming bloke.

Congratulations to both Bev and JP

Congratulation Jamie from a Wolves fan.

Oh and when you meet HRH make sure you invite her to the Cup Final at Wembley - its about time she turned out for one.

You must have had a hernia when England RU won the World Cup in 2003. Dorian West MBE disagrees with you.

Nail on the head!

Rugby League will struggle to collect nationally recognised awards because it has little to no international profile or credibility. And as for the meagre offerings of international RL which actually do exist, we still aren't even close to being good enough to be successful and win anything meaningful.

If any current player has earned the opportunity to bow, scrape, cringe and fawn in honour of ma'am and tug his forlock in deference to the class system, then it's Jamie Peacock. However, I'd be far more impressed if he'd collected a medal by skippering GB or England to an Ashes Series win or a World Cup success.