Just something for a quiet moment here...but I got to thinking last night about the "genuinely nice guys" of Rugby League... like, the absolute polar opposites of your Josh Reynolds, Mick Ennis types. TBH I was watching Jack Reed play, and he always strikes me as a very fair type of player...I've seen him smile and pat an opposition player on the back many times during a game, even when someone smashes him in a tackle.
Then you have the great Beaver of course, who was universally loved and respected both on and off the field, even when he was dropping the shoulder in and laying an opposition forward on the deck.
Ben Smith from the Eels - I remember an early Stevie Matai tackle going wrong and absolutely smashing him right in the nose...whereas most players would start rolling around waiting for a penalty, Smith got straight up and tried to play the ball, despite blood pissing out of what was clearly a badly-broken nose...(much respect - think Skivvi got four weeks for that one...).
Anyone else out there?
Then you have the great Beaver of course, who was universally loved and respected both on and off the field, even when he was dropping the shoulder in and laying an opposition forward on the deck.
Ben Smith from the Eels - I remember an early Stevie Matai tackle going wrong and absolutely smashing him right in the nose...whereas most players would start rolling around waiting for a penalty, Smith got straight up and tried to play the ball, despite blood pissing out of what was clearly a badly-broken nose...(much respect - think Skivvi got four weeks for that one...).
Anyone else out there?