Here are some recent tweets:

[iThis is why Super League is the best sport on TV, game on............[/i

[iThis game has everything tonight.......wow......!!!!!![/i

[iDanny Buderus was awesome tonight, no one seen that result coming......what a game!!! Saints v Wigan tomo #cantwait[/i

[iGreat game again Saints v Wigan, how good are the referees in this sport. Technology is a must now for football, feel sorry for footy refs..[/i

[iGet in there......Saints go marching in. Am definitely going to G Final next sat. Well done @JonWilkin2012 @taggerdutaggerr @EddyJennings[/i

[iRugby union/league, sets the referring example via correct decisions and respect for refs. Stop caining footy refs and help them via techno[/i

Interesting to get an outsiders perspective because we are always really down on our refs etc.

good too see!

I don't understand why the RFL, Sky or the BBC don't start using some of these footballers to promote our game. They are big fans so seems a wasted opportunity not using any of them.

I wonder if he fancies buying Leigh , 1 weeks wage should do it

Who?

I'm doubly surprised.

One, that you don't know who controversial footballer joey Barton is. And two, that you don't know how to use google.

In these 'celebrity' times - which I hate - I agree that RL should make alot more of the interest in the game from leading footballers.The way things are,a lot of football supporters would give RL a go,just because there is interest from Barton and many others.
Que a list of leading footballers who enjoy RL please.

Leigh.

The last thing we want is a convicted coward promoting our game(We have enough of our own including Bailey)

He is a scouse pri*k who dives on the floor when the wind blows to get players sent off

Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney are two for sure!

Oh lets not forget Giggsy

3 more reasons not to use footballers

Unfortunately Martin Luther King and Gandhi aren't available to us.

Any of them can buy Leigh if they want , half a weeks wage will do

You seem to be making the assumption that it is my desire to use outsiders which if this is correct you are wrong. Im happy with Lewis and Woods promoting the game.

I was watching a programme the other night about Gandhi visiting a Lancashire town many years ago-Maybe a missed opportunity

Dont watch football, i find it like watching paint dry.
And of course i know how to use google, or i wouldnt be one here would i, i just couldnt be bothered

Bobby Charlton, Roy Keane, Andrew Flintoff, Ricky Hatton,

The point i was making is that we are always so down on the game.

Yet an outsiders point of view, is that everything is the dogs bollox.

The games, the referees etc.

Indeed: I'm no great fan of Joey Barton, despite his attempt to reinvent himself as the footballing philosopher de nos jours on Twitter.

But it's noticeable that while this forum, and the Sky commentary, are constantly full of complaints about the refs always making wrong decisions, the tweets of a professional sportsman from association football are consistantly praising the refereeing in RL - both for the quality of their decisions and the respect they get from players.

Agreed, it's not the first time barton has said it and he's not the only one either. We shouldn't be so down on things.

There was also a tweet by Welsh comic Mark Watson after the Warrington-Leeds game that read 'As a southerner and lifelong rugby union fan, I must concede the rugby league game I just watched was incredible.'

It’s nice that other professional sportsmen recognise the qualities of our game. Pity its Joey Barton though as he is a horrible excuse for human being

Lewis and Woods doing such a good job promoting the game. Go on then, tell us how many you have to turn away every home game at the Stoop because it's packed to the rafters.

These footballers must be giving us a lot of exposure on Twitter.

The RFL need to use it as an advantage and try and get them involved a bit more

Those two wouldn't be good in the same press conference. Gandhi was a huge racist.

this man knows his history

I'll humour you.

Winston Churchill was a far worse racist.

Now tell me why Ghandi was a racist.