Don Fox on his knees? Surely the most iconic Wembley image.

Absolutely. The whole episode of that kick typifies Rugby League. He was right in front of the sticks - he should have kicked it. RL is the greatest game in the world - it should be a massive sport.

Poetic.

Knew somebody would say this. I agree.

BUT

They need to make a big song and dance of it. Huge event for the unveiling, live on sky sports news with big interviews. Unveil it at a sensible time like in the build up to the final next year or the semi-finals.... maybe do it as part of a big world-cup build up event.

Just lifting a sheet of a statue will do nothing on its own and people will walk past it not knowing what it is unless we tell them through broadcast media.

The RFL need to go to town on this. I'm pretty sure well over a million people visit Wembley each year, they all need to know what this statue is for.

If thre statue is to be of a player it will need to be a former great who is either dead or past recruitment by RU as a player / coach.

How about How about Vince Karalius passing out of a tackle to Alex Murphy?

Even as a Leigh fan, that image really, really says a lot about RL at Wembley.

I think we should have a three person statue. One person for the whole sport seems a little light to say the least. Sullivan sounds like a very good start, made his mark in the game for twenty years.

Wouldn't go with Edwards though, he's embraced the other code a little too close for my liking.

Agreed, him, Jason Robertson or Andy 'posh voice' Farrell shouldn't be anywhere near.

Agreed. It's the one clip you are guaranteed to see every year about the two subjects, rugby league and Wembley. (And not just because I'm a Wakefield fan.)

This would be outstanding. Perhaps too 'recent' for it to be considered though.

Don Fox

Iconic, but why a statue of a failure?

I think you maybe right when it comes to not picking a player who got in real deep with rugby union.

Clive Sullivan is a great shout!

Not failure, just a mark that we are all human, even very fine sportsmen. Or something.



"Triumph and despair" Get that on yer Culture Show BBC

should be a solid bronze statue of a man in a donkey jacket wearing a flat cap with a whippet lieing by his feet as a lasting image of fans long gone

We're talking RL at Wembley, not RL in general, and therefore it has to be a moment at Wembley, or a player synonymous with Wembley. As great as Mike Gregory and Clive Sullivan are, I don't associate them with Wembley.

Don Fox, Offiah, the '85 final, Van Vollenhoven, Jonathan Davies' try, Hanley for GB and Leeds, the great '90 and '94 tests - all the first things that spring to mind when RL and Wembley are mentioned in the same breath.

If it's a Wigan player I will vandalise it. Sorry, but that is a fact. It'll be like toppling the statue of Saddam.

Does it need to be a specific player though, or a player at all? I appreciate the splendour of the Bobby Moore statue but with a sport that is now so parochially club focussed rather than internationally so, you are going to find people disagreeing with the choice based on their club loyalties. Why not just make it an anonymous player or 'scene' and dedicate it to all of the players that have graced the Wembley turf for club or country?

Neil fox. World record points scorer and I don't think it will ever be beaten, got to be him surely!?

Clive Sullivan immediately springs to mind, he epitomises all that is good about RL, where ability is the ultimate arbiter, not class, colour, background or old school tie, not only that he was captain of his country when they won the world cup...there arent many that can claim that accolade in ANY sport.

Failing that, the real "Prince of Centres" Harold Wagstaff

Joel Tomkins

Niel Fox leading points scorer, no contest.

I'd go with that Offiah image also.

Alex Murphy, on a stretcher, winking.

Clive sullivan with the date 29th august 1895,the day the greatest game was born.