Neither of them are anywhere near as recognisable (on a nationwide basis) as Ellery Hanley or Martin Offiah were in their primes. And that's a damn shame for our game.

Media training should be and probably is a huge part of getting the best people to promote the game i.e the players get there opinions / experiences over to the general public. Even the coaches do need some polishing up, take Michael Maguire's effortless on pitch interview after the warriors lifted the trophy as apposed to "dont look at the camera!!" style of McNamara and Noble. Granted for every assured performance by Buderus, Monaghan there is a Brian McClennan lurking around but if we are ever going to move forward we really need to get this area up to speed.

Sam Tomkins is the face of rugby league in this country, thats why he's the highest paid player.