He should have been the RFL's guest of honour. Presenting the trophy to the winners as well as giving his special "Sam" salute to the losing team.

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He will be on very soon.

I found that very difficult to watch. It seems to be aimed at viewers who would find "Gigglebiz" a bit high-brow.

His prsence wss good publicity but the show is awful. It would've been nice if the presenters had attempte to do some proper research into Rugby League over the last few days instead of just reading Sam's Twitter feed. Just a bit rubbish really.

Found it annoying that they made no effort to learn anything about RL and they seemed to be surprised he was so modest (aside from the messi joke haha) where a footballer would have been saying "yeah I'm the best man no worries" etc.

Just been listening to radio 5 in the car. They were previewing the match with Harris and Millward who coaches 'Castlefield'.

How long has he had a verified Twitter?

Must be the first RL player.

Nice to see him mingled in with the high-profile types at the presentation, and also shaking the hands of the players after their cup and medal presentations.

Was he there as a RL profile-boosting thing, or is he still a Warrington fan from his youth days?

BBC presentation and guests were not too bad but would have been nice to see a current player from neither finalist team having some input?

The RL profile boosting thing. He was on soccer am in the morning and then had a motorcycle taxi to wembley from the studio.

i heard that sam had to be there and he also had to be seen publicly on national tv as part of his enhanced contract

Found it a little cringeworthy TBH. Max and Helen were very under-researched, called the JJ salute that 'thing' you do, compared RL to Union as in, they are all fat, and Sam didn't come across well IMO. Surely they should have had some scripted questions and answers?
It was a terrific opportunity to get some non-fans interested in our sport, but I think they blew it.

He may have been down there house hunting for when he joins is now anonymous brother down sarthe.