I expect the next rugby league royal honoree to be Samuel Burgess. A English victory in the 2017 World Cup might just earn him a knighthood.

Mind you with all the Ed Sheeran hysteria sweeping England, I won't be surprised in the near future if the royals give an award to Sheeran's lookalike cousin James Graham by mistake.

To Slow

Who would want to be on such a list joining the likes of Cyril Smith, Jimmy Saville, Stuart Hall and Rolf Harris?

I would think Ed Sheeran and James Graham for starters.

To slow what?

Phil Taylor was number one for around that long wasn't he?
Anyone know how long was Tiger Woods no 1 out of interest?

Barring several months in the middle of this period when Vijay Singh overtook him he was number 1 from 1999 to 2010.

Taylor has been number one for roughly that time but certainly hasn't had to starve himself for 365 days a year, break every bone in his body, do something very dangerous, be followed by an ambulance every moment of his professional career and shift all over the country every day. Now time for my mccoy tug.

Whats the relevance of danger?

Its all a load of cr@p anyway

All of his choosing and for which he was very very well paid, it doesn't make him MORE deserving though.

Plus the royals love their horses and horsey sports so he was always onto a winner if you'll excuse the pun.

Does anyone actually care about this stuff? The occasional crumb thrown from the top table of the aristocratic elite to appease the masses, does not disguise the inequities of the honours system - it's cronyism of the worst kind and should be consigned to the history books.

He should have been made up to Sir Kevin Sinfield for all the good work he has done for Rugby League and Leeds and Oldham.

Thought it was Edward Sheeran