I see that JP has been awarded an MBE for services to Rugby League, congrats big man!

Also an OBE for Bev Risman.

Anything for Sir Kev I wonder??? Congrats to JP MBE.

Congrats big man and Bev Risman too

"James Darryl PEACOCK. England Rugby League Captain and Leeds Rhinos
Prop Forward. For services to Rugby League."

Superb news, and very well deserved! An excellent servant of and ambassador for the game. And its always nice to see hard grafters getting recognition, not just flash guys.

Couldn't have put it better!

Indeed.

A member of 'that' 1968 Leeds side at Wembley ... And since quitting the game, a tireless worker for the development of the amateur game and in particular with students.

A great deal of the student RL structure and in turn, the development of clubs like London Skolars wouldn't be around if it wasn't for Bev.

He's also a really nice, top bloke if you ever get chance to have a chat with him.

he fully deserves it..............thats from a warriors fan

Fully deserved. I am also a Warriors fan.

Hmmmm
Jamie Peacock - 7 Grand Final wins, 2 Challenge Cup wins, 3 World Club Challenge wins, Man of Steel winner, 47 caps for England & Great Britain, captain of the country since 2005.

Rory McIlroy - 1 US Open win.

Whilst McIlroy might well deserve something in the future if he continues as he's started, it goes to show how hard you have to work in RL to get some recognition.

Bloody well done Jamie, a credit to RL.

Yep. Which one will be known Worldwide though? That's the problem RL has unfortunately.

Well deserved by both.

Well done peacock well deserved.

On the McIlroy it's a bizarre comparison to peacock. Yes he won 1 major which is a international field, but he has won several other tourniments, achieved no 2 in the world fighting for top spot and a Ryder cup win.

Rugby league struggles for recognition as they cannot win anything internationally

I'm not doubting which is more well known. I'm just a tad dissatisfied at the extent to which some people have to go to be awarded an honour compared to others. I have nothing against McIlroy but he's hardly been around the golf circuit for decades like some. It just seems to me that because he was in the news earlier in the year he gets an honour whereas people like Peacock have had to be at the top of their sport for 10 years or more and people like Bev Risman have to give a virtual lifetime to be honoured.

A lovely tribute to Bev Risman from Harry Jepson on the official club website too - is there anything, even just a small morsel of information, that Harry Jepson doesn't know about rugby league ?

Fully deserved. Outstanding player.

Not a lot mate, not a lot!....and what an amazing memory.

Bev Risman was one of my favourite players when I first started watching the game, but I could never remember so much fantastic detail.

from a leigh centurion- congats to jamie peacock- a great player and great servant to the game

Congratulations to both, a credit to themselves and our great game

About frickin time an all - well done JP and well deserved.

Jamie Peacock has simply doing his job - so what has he done that is so outstanding that justifies this award? What has he done over what he gets paid to do?

Bev Risman has contributed much to the development of junior RL and as such his award is worthy.

I don't think he knows who was responsible for the 'Wigan Disaster Sale' poster that did the rounds after they were finally beaten by Salford in the Challenge Cup after about nine (boring) consecutive seasons of winning the dam thing ....

.... Then again, neither do I

Well deserved MBE for Jamie, it's nice to see an RL player receiving such a prestigious award. It's good for the game as well as it puts RL and the player in the eye of the media. Well done