Fox League host and former Origin great Matty Johns has unveiled his all-time Queensland team ahead of Wednesday night's decider.
He revealed his team on the Matty Johns Podcast, naming Johnathan Thurston at the halfback over fellow legend Alfie Langer.
“When you have look at this spine and the way it coexists, I’ve gone with Thrston because of his relationships with other people in the spine over a period of time.
“You have to have him in there. How would you use Alf? Maybe you bring him on 10 minutes into the second half and let him run riot.”
Johns named Arthur Beetson as his skipper, with other prominent Maroons such as Billy Slater, Greg Inglis Mal Meninga, Darren Lockyer, Johnathan Thurston and Cameron Smith featuring.
Johns' side has no currently players.
Matty Johns' all-time Queensland team
1 Billy Slater
2 Greg Inglis
3 Mal Meninga
4 Justin Hodges
5 Wendell Sailor
6 Darren Lockyer
7 Johnathan Thurston
8 Arthur Beetson (c)
9 Cameron Smith
10 Petero Civoniceva
11 Gorden Tallis
12 Gene Miles
13 Wally Lewis
14 Allan Langer
15 Shane Webcke
16 Chris Close
17 Rod Reddy
Cronk terrorised the blues.
Reddy & Beetson both played once for Qld. Miles in the second row is a joke, Lindner was outstanding in origin. Johns should stick to picking NSW teams as he has NFI.
Hahahaha yeah Lockyer over Wally at 5/8 – you idiot. And guru is 100% right, gene miles wasn’t anywhere near as good as bobby lindner. Get rid of langer and put in Cronk. Hodges over Renouf? That’s like saying the donkey in the paddock is better than Winx. Webcke over petro any day of the week. I think Matty May have been on the cans with little brother when he came up with that team.
Mine would be
Slater
Sailor
Inglis
Meninga
Renouf
King Wally
Thurston
Webke
Smith
Artie
Tallis
Vautin
Lindner
Petero
Miles
Cronk
Jason Smith