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Eighth Immortal Andrew Johns names his top-five players in the NRL of 2020
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Eighth Immortal Andrew Johns names his top-five players in the NRL of 2020

Eighth Immortal Andrew Johns has named his top five current players in the NRL, putting Storm captain Cameron Smith on the rugby league throne. In front of Melbourne's grand final showdown against the Panthers on Sunday, Johns demanded there had been no player since Wally Lewis who has had as significant an effect on the game until Smith featured the modern time. "Cameron Smith is obviously my number one," Johns told Wide World of Sports' Immortal Behaviour. "I think Cameron is the best player I've seen since Wally Lewis. "I wasn't old enough to understand the brilliance and the dominance of Wally. We look at Cameron and he's laid back and never flustered, but deep down there's a deep desire to win, and a competitiveness that not everyone has got." Pursuing Smith into the Eigh...