Brad Thorn has picked Alfie Langer over Dan Carter and Darren Lockyer as the best playmaker he has ever played with.
With Thorn's decorated playing career finally coming to an end, he reflected on the best players he has played with in a wide-ranging interview with The Courier Mail.
The former league player had played with some of the greats of the game in Langer, Carter and Lockyer, and says Langer was the premier playmaker of the bunch.
"If he decided to score on his own he would, or he'd do something special with a grubber, a pass or a step so someone else did. That was week after week, year after year to win games.
"Dan was a bigger, stronger man than Locky and very strong defensively. Both were country guys. Dan was quieter but didn't mind a party like Locky either."