Andrew Johns
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"Andrew Gary" ""Joey"" "Johns" is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, considered by many to be the greatest player of all time. Hailed as the best halfback in the world for many years, he captained the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League and participated in the team's first two premiership victories in 1997 ARL season/1997 and 2001 NRL season/2001, playing a club record 249 games for the Knights. Johns also represented his country at two Rugby League World Cup/World Cups, and on one Kangaroo tour, playing in total 21 Test matches for the Australian national rugby league team/national side. He played in 23 State of Origin series matches for the New South Wales rugby league team/New South Wales Blues (captaining the side to a series win in 2003), and played for the New South Wales Country Rugby League/Country Origin side in 1995 and 2003.

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Winning the grass roots approval of rugby league fans is just as rewarding as receiving accolades from the experts.

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I keep hearing I'm a good chance.

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We trained then and I don't think we put a ball down during ball work. A lot of the guys have played before and we've played against each other so much we know how each other plays, so it's not going to be an issue, .

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It takes so much toll on your body physically, and I think everybody knows mentally and emotionally it really takes it out of you, so I'll see how I go next year.

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That's too far ahead, I don't really know if I'll play that long for my club team.

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I'll just have to weigh it up and if I'm still playing well, training hard and enjoying my footy, then who knows.

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I'll just have to weigh it up and if I'm still playing and playing well and training hard ... and enjoying my footy, then who knows.

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The understanding's there and my job is to get my good kicking game in and whenever there's go-forward give the ball to him in space as much as possible because he's a special player.

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I'm probably going to assess it a little bit next year, see how I'm feeling, how I pull up probably after Origin.

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