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The NRL is set to name the first Immortal since 2018 on Wednesday night, so who are the frontrunners to join rugby league ’s most prestigious ranks ?
Smith was next, just ahead of Kenny , Coote and Peter Sterling . Langer , Ken Irvine and Johnathan Thurston also received strong support. He played 265 games for his beloved Parramatta and 17 Tests and Origins for Australia and the Blues respectively. “I guess it’s nice to have people think you’re at that level and that you’ve done enough in the game to be classed as an Immortal.
The legendary hooker’s Immortal status is more of an issue of when, not if, with many pundits certain he will join the prestigious list in years to come if not in 2024. “There’s a lot of wonderful players yet to be announced as Immortals that I think in the future will be. If my name’s read out, it will be hard for it to sink in in that moment.
So with a new host of modern names joining him in the Hall of Fame, many may argue that time has passed for this legend of the game to be awarded Immortal status.“Blokes like Lockyer, Cameron Smith, Alfie Langer, and Johnathan Thurston... I think they will all eventually be Immortalised, but for me, the next person sounds like Ron Coote,” he said on Triple M.
“It is pretty clear in my head that Allan Langer is very much underrated as far as elite players go and Immortal players,” Walters said. Lockyer began his career as a fullback before transitioning into a five-eighth. Remarkably, he won two golden boot awards playing in different positions. “He would just look up and go, ‘they are short there’ and invariably just go there straight away,” Roach said.
So great were his try scoring feats that the NRL’s top try scorer award was renamed the Ken Irvine Medal in his honour back in 2018. The Maroons legend holds the record for the most Dally M Medals , most Golden Boot Awards , most points for the Australian Kangaroos, most points in State of Origin history and the most consecutive Origin games.
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