But in some sports they know what respect means.

Byline: John Helm 

IF YOU want to see respect you should have been at Post Office Road, Featherstone, on Sunday.

There was a minute's silence before the game for former Warrington centre Derek Noonan who passed away nine days earlier.

With his son and daughter joining players past and present on the pitch you could hear a pin drop - and the tribute wasn't cut short as it is so often - it lasted over a full minute.

Mention of those former players who were reunited from the 1974 Challenge Cup Final which Warrington won 24-9, brings me to the funniest story I've heard in a long while..

One of the Featherstone players, who might wish to remain anonymous, was asked by a fan years later if he could borrow his Wembley shirt to show to his father.

Agreement was struck but the player never saw the shirt again.

He bumped into the fan and naturally asked for the return of the prize possession, only to be told that the fans father had passed away and his wife knowing how much the old boy loved the shirt buried him in it! There was also a nice yarn told by former Great Britain forward Mike Nicholas who was sent off 15 times in his career, three of them along with Jimmy

Thompson - it was great to see them embrace on the halfway line on Sunday - at least I think it was an embrace! Nicholas recalled 'copping one' from another of Featherstone's Great Britain stars Peter Smith once, so the following year he thought he'd get his retaliation in first and gave Smithy a short arm job before the toss of the coin ! Smith had to be brought round with colleague Mick Morgan whispering in his ear 'Looks like you're in for a hard game today'.

Nicholas said Sunday was the first time he'd ever got through a full game at Post Office Road!