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It seems Jonny Wilkinson is going to be given a Knighthood in the New Years Honours list. Is it time that a RL player gets recognition for his achievements with a Knighthood not just an MBE/OBE etc...?
I would say any of
Kevin Sinfield
Sean O'Loughlin
Jamie Peacock
would be worthy of a Knighthood?
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I thought Kevin Sinfield already had one?
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Sinfield has the same kind of knighthood Geoff Boycott has, ie people in Yorkshire call him Sir, but that's not the same as being honoured by the Queen.
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Sir Michael Stephenson
Led Dewsbury to their unlikely Championship win.
Scored the drawing try to secure our last World Cup win.
The first Brit to really make it in RL down under.
Owner of arguably the biggest personal RL memorabilia collection.
Set up the museum in the George Hotel.
Face of the game on television for 25 years +
It's T R Y for mine.
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Does it really matter to anyone? Aren't these awards a throwback to a time when people in authority were trusted without question?
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The nearest RL will get to a New Years Honours list will be if Sam Burgess gets an MBE.
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| Quote: Warrington Wolf "The nearest RL will get to a New Years Honours list will be if Sam Burgess gets an MBE.'"
There are always a few in there, every year. |
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| Quote: Ganson's Optician "Sir Michael Stephenson
Led Dewsbury to their unlikely Championship win.
Scored the drawing try to secure our last World Cup win.
The first Brit to really make it in RL down under.
Owner of arguably the biggest personal RL memorabilia collection.
Set up the museum in the George Hotel.
Face of the game on television for 25 years +
It's T R Y for mine.'"
"The first Brit to really make it in RL down under."
I always thought that was Bobby Fulton |
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"The first Brit to really make it in RL down under." ????
I always thought that was Bobby Fulton'"
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Definitely not so. Mal Reilly was already a legend in the NRL when Stevo arrived there, and is commonly regarded as the best Brit ever to play there by the Aussie public. In fact he was voted so by the Aussie media and pundits a few years ago, and was also in the toughest NRL 13, a few years ago too, which was open to any nationality.
Dick Huddart was also a star in the NRL in the sixties before either, and so if my memory serves me correctly was Dave Bolton. Mal Reilly was instrumental in taking Manly to their first ever Grand Final successes, two in succession and is in the Manly hall of fame. One of the teams they beat in the final, Cronulla had two ex Saints players in their ranks, namely Cliff Watson and Tommy Bishop, who were also great successes in the NRL, the Cronulla club still rate them both very highly in their history. This was just before Stevo arrived there, so to say he was the first Brit to make it down there, is way off the mark.
Bobby Fulton, an Australian international, who played in the same Manly team as Mal Reilly, cannot really be counted. Although he was born in Warrington, he emigrated there as a baby and thus was brought up in Australia and as said was an Aussie international.
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Just another example of how establishment R.U. is.
You are going to wait a long time before a league player gets a knighthood.
Total joke.
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Martin Offiah surely.
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| Quote: morleys_deckchair "Martin Offiah surely.'"
No way.
Poor loser.
One of the few players who would not go to receive his losers medal after defeat at Wembley.
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Ryan Bailey ?
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ChrisPie2 wrote-
(Lee Briers prior to the semi final)
He will deserve it if he contributes to a winning performance.
Clearly he has never done this in the past and thus has never deserved to be in a final, i suspect that the same scenario will occur tomorrow.:30555.jpg |
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