Joey stuns fellow great with Kangaroos selection

Legendary halfback Andrew Johns has made a stunning telephone connected who should deterioration Australia's No.7 jumper astatine adjacent month's Rugby League World Cup.

Johns - who represented the Kangaroos 25 times and is regarded arsenic arguably the champion to ever deterioration the jersey - believes Daly Cherry-Evans should get the motion implicit Nathan Cleary.

Cherry-Evans has done the occupation 15 times and is the incumbent for the position.

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But successful the 3 years since Australia past played a Test match, Cleary has established himself arsenic the champion halfback successful the NRL.

He led the Panthers to the premiership past year, and is connected way to bash the aforesaid this season. Cherry-Evans, meanwhile, endured a fearfulness extremity to his play with Manly arsenic the Sea Eagles mislaid 7 games consecutive and finished extracurricular finals.

Nathan Cleary of the Blues kicks adjacent to Daly Cherry-Evans of the Maroons during the 2022 Origin series. (Getty)

But Johns is staunch successful his appraisal Cherry-Evans deserves to clasp the No.7 spot, based chiefly connected their respective performances during this year's State of Origin series.

Queensland bushed New South Wales, with Cherry-Evans steering the ship.

"I deliberation Daly Cherry-Evans deserves to beryllium the halfback aft his Origin series," Johns told Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth.

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"Before Origin I thought Nathan would be, but if you're looking astatine Origin successful particular... I deliberation Daly deserves to beryllium halfback and captain.

"Daly is the incumbent, we haven't played for a mates of years. I deliberation helium deserves archetypal changeable astatine it, and captain.

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"Both of them volition go. Before Origin I thought Nathan volition beryllium there, but aft Origin - peculiarly successful crippled 3 - (Cherry-Evans') show I thought 'well helium deserves it'.

"I cognize it's going to beryllium astir impossible, due to the fact that Penrith volition triumph (the expansive final) and Nathan volition astir apt get Clive Churchill (for antheral of the match)."

Johns believes Cherry-Evans should besides beryllium asked to skipper the Kangaroos alternatively of Roosters skipper and Australian fullback James Tedesco.

Both men skipper their respective Origin and nine teams.

Fellow fable Brad Fittler was taken aback by Johns' halfback call.

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"I deliberation Nathan. I deliberation Nathan has (played well) much consistently," Fittler said.

"They volition prime them both, nary doubt, they volition prime them some to spell away.

"I deliberation Nathan, his consistency - if I was a manager - week in, week retired helium is astatine slightest an 8 (out of 10)."

Kangaroos manager Mal Meninga volition request to sanction his squad aft the NRL expansive last connected October 2, earlier the radical flies to England for the World Cup.

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