...for whatever reason - annoying, niggly, gob, Billy Big-Time etc

0 - Bateman
1 - McIlorum
2 - Wilkin
3 - Crosby
4 - Pryce
5 - Dorn

WestWood
J.Tomkins
Atkins
Mcilorum
Brough

1. Brough
2. Wilkin
3. J Tomkins
4. Brough
5. Mcilorum

Special mention to Paul Anderson as well.

A new one to watch out for this year is Ryan Hinchcliffe at Hudds... I posted the below on the VT recently...

Just on Hinchcliffe - I think he'll quickly become one of the most hated players in SuperLeague - he's absolutely from the Melbourne school of poophouse wrestle and niggle. It'll take no time for people to start complaining about late hits, facials and 'undue pressure on limbs'...

Should add a bit of steel to the Giants pack, but if I'm honest, he's not got much more than that in his locker in my opinion...

I'm sure Tomkins will do everyone's head in now he's back.

Wilkin
Tomkins, J
Charnley. That 80s feminist haircut really does him no favours.
Elima
Brough

I must be getting tolerant in my old age. Never, ever thought the time would come when I'd struggle to complete a list of five.

What about Brough?

Seems like a 4-way battle for this close season's Man of Sh*te award - Brough, Micky Mac, Tomkins the lesser and Wilkin all in with a shout.

Oh how I've not missed seeing Joel sprint over from 30 yards away to defend his Sammy whenever anybody dare lay so much as a finger on him.

No doubt we'll have fans from lower clubs complaining that their gobsh*tes are just as terrible examples of humanity but they don't get noticed as the selection panel is biased towards popular clubs.


What do you think a "dream team" of the most annoying gits in super league would look like? Here's my guess

1. Tomkins
2. Charnley
3. Atkins
4. Bateman (Couldn't think of another natural centre so he'll do)
5. Carney
6. Brough
7. McGuire
8. Elima
9. McIlorum
10. Sims
11. J Tomkins
12. Wilkin
13. LMS

All of them and remember Wigans try celebrations in the GF

That's a good shout, had forgotten about Louie. OTOH, his pained and baffled look while retreating after giving away yet [ianother[/i penalty always provides a laugh

Was it against Castleford where he fouled someone off the ball only to do a dying swan routine giving the ref chance to see what happened?

I really hate lms. Not because he is particularly dirtier than any other but he is the closest we have to a footballer with all his stupid play acting. I would hate to think one day a rl player would be performing a triple axel with double tuck because a player stood on their precious fluorescent boots. If it does happen I bet that player is lms.

1 Ratboy
2 Joe Burgess
3 Atkins
4 Shenton
5 Pat Richards
6 Brough
7 Robinson
8 Hill
9 Higham
10 Crosby
11 Elder Ratboy
12 LMS
13 O'Loughlin.

Manager, Cunningham.

No, what did they do?

Was it Joel Tomkins shoved his elbow in the leeds mans face When he was supposed to be celebrating the try ? I think it was Mags who had only just stood up

Pat Richards ? Are you sure ? Its hard to think of a less unassuming player and at least on a par with Ryan Hall in the poophouse stakes

I think ablett would feature for fans of most other clubs. Also im sure Bailey should be in there

I would guess mags would feature highly on other clubs lists as well

Joel Tomkins - too much unnecessary childish rubbish, the Grand Final being a good example.

Brough - he has petulant outbursts, sometimes at his own teammates which I dislike. Main issue is his pathetic behaviour re England.

Wilkin - too much backchat to the ref. Off the field I think he's fantastic. Seems to have matured since his post-Grand Final rants and speaks very sensibly.

Westwood - his face. It's horrific.


As for our players, I'm sure McGuire, Hardaker & Ablett annoy other teams fans.

Hard to disagree with the mot common ones mentioned from nowadays.

From recent past, a few immediately jump out at me;

Lowes
Chris Smith (uppity Saints winger)
Cassidy
Nicol

Further back;
Tawera Nikau (I know we shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but I used to pray for someone to pagger him)
Edwards (that fold of the arms and nod arghhhhh)
Simon Houghton (Fat, spotty, greasy, curtain haired, long range try scoring machine)
Fairbanks and Skerrett - Fat thugs
And finally..... 2 Leeds players who wound me up - John Gallagher - I know plenty of people have sympathy for him, but I was a youngster and could never forget that dropped bomb at the end of what I think was the Premiership Semi-Final. And... Jamie Mathiou.... Just run the ball in with some gusto and stop with the stupid bleedin dummy at the line - it never worked, manly because he never passed... God he used to wind me up!

I don't have a problem with cheeky and annoying halfbacks. They should all be like that.

Even though he was a Leeds player I couldn't stand Brent Webb in his final 18 months.

Anthony Gelling !