"It's long enough, it's high enough and it's straight between the posts."

"In its modern dress or its old, it is a fine, fine game - the best of all, I reckon, played by men with a ball in the…"

"I salute the contribution that Rugby League has made to Australia's national identity, it's a tough game. It started …"

"My greatest moment happened every weekend during the football season when I was able to put on the mighty red, white …"

"The origins of the game, now know across the world simply as rugby, can be traced back over 2000 years. The Romans pl…"

"It was during a match on the Close in the autumn of 1823 that the face of the game changed to the one which is recogn…"

"We don't have stars in this game, that's soccer."

"If working men can't afford to play, they shouldn't play at all."

"We had prepared to play George Foreman and got George Formby."

"Anyone who does not watch rugby league is not a real person."