www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/25 ... royal-seal "PETER Phillips, son of HRH Princess Royal, will be the guest of honour at the 2012 Carnegie Challenge Cup Final. " I think everyone should BOO him on the day.

www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/25 ... royal-seal "PETER Phillips, son of HRH Princess Royal, will be the guest of honour at the 2012 Carnegie Challenge Cup Final. " I think everyone should BOO him on the day.

Why boo him, not his fault the RFL showed no ambition or ingenuity, I am pretty sure pretty much any medalist would have done it, for an appropriate fee. (either to them, or a charity)

The RFL once again proves it has its finger on the pulse of the nation.

Brad Wiggins in a rugby fan, he would have been ideal.

Booing him will be the only time we get to tell the RFL it's the wrong decision and don't mess it up again.

You are right it's not his fault, but there are plenty of RL Fan olympians who have won Gold medals............

Wiggins is a League fan and Luke Campbell is an FC season pass holder.

Bit frustrating but not everyone can be pleased I guess.

Do anyone actually care who presents the trophy?

I think that should be a standing order for all royals, at any time, so I'm probably not best placed to comment.

inspirational!

You can bet your bottom dollar that Pippa Middleton will be blagging a seat at the final then.

She can sit on my lap if there aren't any seats left. As long as she doesn't talk we'll both be happy.

Ha, rugby league fans are the most hypocritical lot I know!

Every year (with the exception of the year Steve Prescott presented it) the RFL get criticised because a Royal hasn't presented the trophy. When they get a member of the Royal family to present it, they get the same reaction.

The RFL have listened, and it seems they simply cannot win.

A royal? A "ROYAL"??? Those who want a Royal to present it presumably are of that view because they think it befits the status of the occasion, and not makes a joke of it.

This is a bit like, "We can't get Beckham, but we've got his second cousin Steve". PP holds no royal title. He carries out no royal duties. WTF he is doing this for, other than perhaps to market his business, I'm fscked if I know. Utterly embarassing.

I'm still in shock at how poor this decision is. SHAKES HEAD THRICE AND THRICE MORE!

Oh.

Jim Royal is a higher status royal than this guy!

Just ask him to borrow his sister's medal for the day, then everyone should be happy !

Not too bad really considering he is Head of Global Sponsorships for RBS. Could be quite an astute move by the RFL uk.linkedin.com/pub/peter-phillips/21/56/b3

Not too bad really considering he is Head of Global Sponsorships for RBS. Could be quite an astute move by the RFL uk.linkedin.com/pub/peter-phillips/21/56/b3

I think we might be being a bit harsh on the lad, according to his [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Phillipswiki page[/url he played rugby league in university.

At least get the 13th in line to the throne. 11th is a football royal.

He's not exactly at the top of the pile and as many have said, we probably could have had a gold olympian, I know which I'd prefer.

I'd rather have a Bernard Manning, Bernard Cribbins, Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, Ken Dodd, Bernie Clifton, Windsor Davies, Don Estelle or Cannon & Ball type presenting the trophy.

Should have got Zara Phillips, then the Olympian / Royal angle was covered.

I’d have preferred Big Nigel myself, the quintessential stereotypical northern man.

Bradley Wiggins would be a good choice.

Quote ="riversider82"Not too bad really considering he is Head of Global Sponsorships for RBS. Could be quite an astute move by the RFL uk.linkedin.com/pub/peter-phillips/21/56/b3'" We could get some of the taxpayer bailout in RL!

Quote ="riversider82"Not too bad really considering he is Head of Global Sponsorships for RBS. Could be quite an astute move by the RFL uk.linkedin.com/pub/peter-phillips/21/56/b3'" We could get some of the taxpayer bailout in RL!