Wilkin says he doesn't have a sporting idol, although the achievements of cyclist Lance Armstrong amaze him.

He also loves visiting new places and would travel the world if he wasn't a professional rugby league player. According to him, money and material things are overrated.

It was while he was travelling through Ireland that he came across this motto which he thinks is a good one to live by:

"May you have the hindsight to know where you have been, the foresight to know where you are going and the insight to know when you're going too far!"