The impact of Rugby League on world consciousness has gravitated rapidly from the occasional splash headlines of a decade ago, such as those that fingered John Hopoate and sniffed out dual international Wendell Sailor. Today, the saturation news coverage and constant critique underpinning the phenomena that's global rugby league, permeates every home worldwide.

The catalyst for the proliferation of the Greatest Game of All has been a series of coincidental events. It began in the home entertainment centre of the mandarin speaking, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd