However, the fact police felt the need to obscure his identity for his own protection highlights the hostility England's players will encounter when they travel to Edinburgh for their opening Six Nations clash on February 4.
Monye has not played for his country since that day but is desperate to recapture his place in the Elite Player Squad when interim England head coach Stuart Lancaster names his 32-man party next Wednesday. He starts on the left wing for Harlequins against Northampton at Franklin's Gardens tonight, when he will go head to head with incumbent England right winger Chris Ashton, who returns from a four-week ban for pulling the hair of Leicester's Alesana Tuilagi.
Monye (left) has been in razor-sharp form for Quins since returning from a long lay-off with a knee injury and is in line for a call-up to Lancaster's squad with the prospect of adding to his current England tally of 13 caps.
"Playing for your country is the biggest honour you can achieve in your career and probably in your life," added Monye. "I'm desperate to play for my country again. I'm working hard to get back involved and I'm playing well at the moment. That's all I can control. I still feel I've got a hell of a lot to offer for England. I won't worry about selection, I'll just worry about tonight."
Quins are looking to maintain their 100 per cent away record in the Aviva Premiership, with last Saturday's 11-9 win at Exeter, courtesy of Rory Clegg's nerveless 77th-minute penalty, extending their run to six wins away from the Twickenham Stoop.
Lancaster has stated he intends to pick his squad on character as much as ability and Monye, who recently signed a three-year contract extension which will take him up to 13 years of loyal service at the Twickenham Stoop, certainly has that.
"I'm a team player, I've been at Quins for 10 years and I'm willing to be selfless and work for the team," he said. "Any coach I've worked with would tell you that I'm a positive character and make a positive contribution to any squad that I'm part of. I feel like I'm improving all the time. You learn so much by playing with decent players and I'm blessed with being able to do that here at Harlequins.
"Experience is a massive thing. I've had ups and downs throughout my career and been on some big tours.
"I think that experience really helps you at international level. It would mean everything to me to play for England again. I'm a really passionate guy and am also passionate about playing for my country."
Clegg, 22 today, starts at No10 again for Quins tonight in the continued absence of Nick Evans, while Nick Easter replaces Tom Guest at No8 after making a swift recovery from an ankle problem.
Former Newcastle fly-half Clegg missed five of his first six kicks before landing the most difficult chance of all with just three minutes left to sink Exeter at Sandy Park.
Monye added: "It's not too often a kicker misses five kicks and then comes back into the changing room and gets a standing ovation.
"It was fantastic the way Rory just shrugged off the misses and kicked the most difficult one when it counted. He's a huge talent. We've got strength in depth across the squad."
