In this week's BPL Twenty20 questionnaire, outspoken South Sydney chief executive SHANE RICHARDSON talks about his hero (who's never graced a sporting field), his most over-used phrase and the sport that bores the pants off him.

Shane Richardson is the chief executive of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and one of the NRL's most colourful and outspoken figures. He is the second longest serving CEO in the game. In 1993, he moved from Queensland to take up his first role in the NRL with the Cronulla Sharks where he stayed for five years before accepting a position in the UK Super league as CEO with Hull FC. Richardson then returned to Australia as part of the team that, in 2003, took the Penrith Panthers to only their second premiership, a moment he talks about, below. The following year, he joined the Rabbitohs where - with celebrity owners Russell Crowe (pictured, above left) and Peter Holmes a'Court - he has worked to ensure the club's financial stability. He lives in Coogee with his wife Kate.

Paul Keating.

02What was your greatest act of courage?

Giving up a career job in the finance industry 18 years ago to take a 50% pay cut and move my young family to Sydney to have a crack at NRL club management.

03What is the most memorable sporting event you have witnessed?

The 2003 NRL Grand Final (between Penrith and Sydney City.)

04Which sporting event in history would you most like to have attended?

Any World Cup soccer final.

05What keeps you awake at night?

Worrying about trying to make a profit out of Rugby League.

06What is your greatest extravagance?

Overseas travel.

07Which talent would you most like to have?

Patience.

08What bores you?

Tennis.

09On which occasions do you lie?

I never lie. I just have the occasional 'Richoism'.

10What trait do you most deplore in others?

Back-stabbing.

Steve Waugh.

12Who doesn't - and why?

All sports people who use performance-enhancing drugs. They lie to themselves.

That sh**s me.

Bart Cummings autobiography (ghostwritten by BPL's Malcolm Knox).

Michael Lewis' 'Moneyball'.

I'd like to say Nelson Mandela but probably US general George Patton.

17What is the greatest sports venue in the world?

Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park) - a purpose-built ground for rugby league which creates an atmosphere like no other.

18Which living person/people do you most admire?

Nelson Mandela - because of his ability to overcome adversity.

19Who is Australia's greatest sportsman/woman?

Don Bradman is the greatest but Cadel Evans is the best today.

20How would like to be remembered?

As a guy who loved Rugby League.