Most rugby league players say they have been abused by the public, including Souths star Craig Wing, who revealed he was sledged about his sister, Kirsty, who has Down syndrome.
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And the most overrated player in the game, according to his peers, is Roosters forward Willie Mason. Those were the key findings of the annual Rugby League Week players' poll which asked 100 players their thoughts on a range of issues.
Eighty per cent of the players said they had been abused, provoked or hassled by the member of the public. Many of the players wanted to go public about the abuse, particularly in the wake of the "monkey" comments directed at Penrith's Petero Civoniceva recently.
Wing said he had been abused many times by football fans, but tried to ignore them. However, he revealed that when he was playing for the Roosters against the Bulldogs at the Sydney Football Stadium, a Bulldogs fan screamed, "F--- you Wing, your sister has Down syndrome."
Wing said he was so shocked that, initially, he could not absorb what had been said.
"It actually took a second for it to register, I was disgusted," Wing told RLW. "I saw the bloke - I couldn't remember him now. I just shook my head and said something to him. People have said all sorts of things to me, but that was the only one I've actually thought more than five seconds about."
Wing says he draws the line when the abuse is directed towards his sister, whom he protects fiercely. Wing organises several fund-raising functions for Down charities.
"The point I want to stress is that you can say anything to me, but saying stuff about my sister ... there are some areas you just don't go. Saying something about someone's disabled sibling, that's not cool."
