'Rugby League is a great, great sport and it has been a large part of my life as far back as my memory allows. It’s a sport which inspires enormous passion in those who play it and those who support it’, writes Matthew Johns. ‘It’s more than a sport, it’s a drama and at times a soap opera, never a dull moment. I was fortunate enough to play in an era of so many truly great players as well as some of the game’s great characters.

In this book I’ll give you an insider’s view of what it was like to come up against some of these champions and socialise with some of these characters. This is not a written commentary of their careers, rather a peek into what made them the best and the most colourful.’