Billy Boston, wonderful man, a pleasure to speak with.

Stuart Fielden, very friendly guy, found it hilarious we had matching shiners from playing RL a few days earlier, always willing to chat. I've also seen him standing in the middle of groups of fans taking all sorts and just smiling and chatting politely.

Trent Barrett was a friendly and polite chap, if a little quiet, was still happy to talk.

Shaun Edwards - certainly wouldn't ask him for a hug but was still happy to take time for a chat and to sign my shirt.

Feka - awesome, very friendly and always smiling unless you're an abusive bus driver.

Clarkey! Always a likeable chap.

To be fair most sportsmen don't mind a few minutes out of their time. I've met most of the 80s and 90s United squads and the All Blacks back around 1995-ish, all nice enough guys. Roy Keane and Denis Irwin buying our drinks was a nice touch.

Some off of here posted a picture of a pint of Guinness on facebook. I compared it to Ryan Bailey when he had blonde hair last year. The upload quickly removed my observation as Baileys best mate frequents that profile!

Bumped into Nathan Blacklock in A video shop in Cronulla. Came across as a nice bloke.

My all-time favourite is Andy Greg. Lovely fella. He has his faults and his problems are well documented but he's a really nice chap.

Got to know Braith Anasta. Nice bloke. One night out i spent most of the time drinking and chatting to Eric Groethe Jnr and Adrian Lam. Both were a great laugh.

Nearly got into a fight with Darrell Trindall for simply walking into a toilet in a pub when he was doing something he shouldn't. Another RL international walked in and threatened to smash him if he didn't calm down.

Dave Peachey was another nice bloke. Bit shy but he warmed up after a while.

Grade A idiots were Shannon Heggarty and Matthew Johns. And Willie Mason is the most miserable person I have ever met.

Kris Radlinski, cracking person. Nice as pie (no pun intended)

Just have to stick up for Solomona there.

On Wakey's first trip to Perpignan in 2006, a few fans were on the same flight as the players going home. When milling around in Perpignan airport, most of the players kept themselves to themselves, except for Solomona who approached fans, not the other way around, and showed them the stitches in his mouth. He could have kept on walking, but he made a point of going up to the fans unprompted. Monty Betham was the same.

i have meet quite a few in my time , adam watene was a true gent god rest his soul , mozzer was like a gentle giant

Adrian Morley is an absolute gent! Always makes time to chat to the fans

Also Paul Sculthorpe and Jon Wilkin were very approachable guys

Have met Paul Sculthorpe a number of times and was a pleasure to meet. Even remembered me one of the times



Met Stan Wall in Perpignan in 2006, a true gentleman and talked to us for about half an hour.

Talked to Paul Cullen for about 5 minutes a few years ago, he was watching his son play in a tournament. Was really willing to talk to us, even though he was there watching his son.

Funny enough being a Saints fan I met quite alot of the successfull Wigan team because of where I worked, the friendliest was Joe Lydon, great bloke and really funny. One of the best dinner speakers I have heard.
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Nearly forgot about Keith Northey, he used to teach at Edmund Arrowsmiths in Ashton -in-Makerfield, he used to tell great stories about rugby, really nice bloke

Mario Fenech ....lent me a floor to sleep on when he was over to play for Bradford

Paul Sculthorpe once pi**ed on me in Nexus nightclub in the bogs. We'd just won the 2006 Twickenham final and he was wasted. He dropped his pants and sprayed it down my jeans lol. We was in good spirits thou so i dident mind.

An oldie but Willie Horne was an absolute Gentleman in every aspect of the word, he ran a sports supply shop in Barrow in the 60's & 70's the amount of time he let folk pay weekly or say you,ve paid enough when they could'nt pay more etc.
Always had time for everyone and nothing was to much trouble right up until the day he died, true gent R.I.P.

The Willie Horne book was a fantastic read



Spoke to Jordan Turner recently who was very approachable and another ex-Salford man in Karl Harrison is a quality coach and person.

Strangely enough, I always thought Agent Millward was a good bloke for a chat about rugby



Met Eddie and Stevo once, a bit worse for wear in one of the lounges at Wigan after a game against Bradford. Eddie was quite ignorant and walked straight through without acknowledging anyone but Stevo hung around and had a chat, really genuine nice fella.

Billy Slater gets bad press IMO, he didn't seem to mind having a photo with me in Paris and he hardly flinched when I wiped beer drippings off my hand down the back of his International blazer. Cheers Bill

Schofield (before his gobe years), Dave Creasser and Roy Powell I remember as being really friendly, although I was only a kid at the time. More recently, Barrie Mac, Sinfield, JJB, Poching and Hetherington have all been friendly and willing to chat. Same goes for Cunningham and Jon Wilkin (they had just beaten Leeds at KR though so will have been happy anyway!) and Tonie Carroll and Mark O'Meley when they were over for a Tri-Nations coaching thing a few years ago.
Special mention has to go to Ian Kirke though, really nice lad always has a smile on his face.

I know a young lady who would definitely say Brian Carney was the friendliest player she ever met.

Almost all RL folk are friendly , players coaches officials and referees -

My all time hero is Mal Reilly - i was only a kid when he played but i always wanted to meet him - it took a long time but it was worth it - smashing bloke and a little bit shy which surprised me - he was flattered by me telling him how he was the player i most admired as a youngster but a real gent

Was at the Hull FC BBQ last summer when Sam Moa & Lauaki held an impromptu touch rugby match for the assembled children.
Both players (along with Willie Manu) stayed long after all the other players had gone.
Nothing was too much trouble for them.

Cant say i've ever met a pro RL player who has been anything other than friendly and willing to chat to fans of the game.
This isn't football where you cant get within 30 yards of the players !!!!

Friendliest that I have ever met that I didn't actually know was Keith Hepworth . A proper nice lad . He even rang me at work on the Monday morning after the '08 GF to say he had seen me on the telly .

JJB . Ryan Hall , Graham Eccles , Lee Smith , Roy Dickinson , Steve Pitchford .. All good approachable gentlemen .
I'd rather not do the negative and slate the bad ones though . Might have just met them on a bad day . First impressions are sometimes the only impression you get of a person , and if it is a bad one it is remembered moreso than a good one .

Have to mention that Mr Carvell's mum , his gran , and his aunty Sandra are proper top lasses .
Special mention to Clinton Toopi . Nice enough bloke . Kind enough to have a kick about with the kids , but was a bit of a lad when it came to pinching the cakes .

Got a picture with Richard Silverwood a few years ago when he refereed us in Perpignan. Was a sound guy and took time out to hear about me getting into the refereeing lark and gave me some great advice.

Shame he's such an ar$e when he referees Wire now.

Shaun Briscoe.

it's a good job I didn't comment after last nights events!

A few years back my little brother played for HKR Acadamy & then a very brief stint for the first team. A couple of times the first team came over to Spain, where I was living at the time, (I'd organise the accomodation). They were all great, some were more friendlier than others.
I'll always be greatful to Bob Everitt who walked me back to my apartment after afew too many shandies, it was a fair walk away from where we had been drinking, he was a true gent.

Gary Mercer