“To this day, people tell me how disappointed they are with me for stepping in and not letting them go at it.”

Either side of Billinge Hill, people will wake up this Good Friday with a void in their lives. For the first time this millennium, the bank holiday festivities do not include the latest instalment of rugby league's great rivalry. St Helens and Wigan have become synonymous with Good Friday. Two of the great powerhouses of rugby league have eng