Only reason Latimore got on is because of the amount of times he is referenced in the podcast as an absolute “Larkin” by Graham and a lot of his guests.

Not listened to the Lewis one yet saving it for when I’ve a couple of hours uninterrupted in the car.

Was lucky enough to spend half hour in his company in a pub when he was over a few years ago before he did one of his “audience with” type events in Keighley. The bloke is different class, never met a more engaging individual. Spoke to us like we were his mates then went on stage and did the same to probably 500 people.

Ok point taken with Latimore but you know what I mean. Trent Merrin and Cam McCinnes aren’t big names either really.

That sounds amazing with Lewis, a definite experience! I won’t give you too many spoilers for the podcast but one thing he does touch on is his love of the English people and how much he enjoyed playing on tours over here.

Sounds like you saw that first hand

His memories of his time in Wakefield, where he stayed and what he got up to that was a bit too risky for the presentation was brilliant.

Bags of charisma supported by media training.

During the actual event Gary Schofield got on stage during the half time intermission to fill the time, drunk, talking utter nonsense and looking like he had been dragged through a hedge backwards.

Was quite sad to see the comparison of 2 champions who once went head to head.

Great basketball player

A classic.

Just released, look forward to listening to it…although still shocked he is deemed worthy!

I’m away for the weekend but just read the synopsis and it says he talks about his aspirations to join the NRL

Curiosity got the better of me and I’ve listened to it all. Apart from him being incredibly laid back and mature, what struck me after listening in full was that he genuinely seems 50/50 about going. He’s different than Graham who always had a yearn to go to the NRL from being a young lad.

He certainly played a straight bat with the questions.

What was good to hear though was the England situation. It’s 100% clear that it’s a harmonious camp and that there are no club rivalries anymore. It augurs really well for the future.

If you listen to midweek matters Wellens had a word with Graham about what he was going to ask him when he found out he was going on the show particularly around his future ambitions.

No doubt he will have had a word with Welsby too once he knew he was going on, particularly around his NRL ambitions.

Yeah very true. He’s hardly likely to have said he’s desperate to go to be fair.

It doesn’t seem that money is a huge factor in his life though. Consistently references throughout that he’d play for free.

He's no Radlinski

It was telling that Graham was nervous about mentioning it to Wellens and what he’d think about it. Clearly we all know the NRL is going to come up as a subject and Graham said on that podcast that he wants to see him in the NRL and I’m sure he knows doing the interview will only intensify any speculation. If that were a Wigan player doing this interview the cynic in me would think it’s a means to an end.