101 Great Rugby League Players

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Was given this book as a gift. 2 Current (Slater and Smith) and 2 former (Lazarus and Inglis) Storm players have made the cut. Interestingly, Slater has been rated the highest of these at 29 with Smith at 38, Lazarus at 58 and Inglis at 95. 4 Representatives is excellent for such a young club, especially when you consider that they only have one Kiwi in there (Marshall, included as the '101st player out of 100'
supposedly just to start the discussion on where NZ NRL players sit compared to Aussies) and you could strongly argue for a few Kiwis being in our best 10 players (Kearney definitely, possible Nikau, Adam Blair or Lima at a pinch).
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Out of curiosity, what did the top 5 look like?
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1.Clive Churchill
2.Reg Gasnier
3.John Raper
4.Graeme Langlands
5.Dally Messenger
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Kearney & Nikau should go down as Kiwi legends. The other two, Blair & Lima, shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath...
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Kearney and Nikau are definitely a class above Blair and Lima in this discussion.
Jeremy Smith would probably be closer to those two.
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