He changed rugby league and put it to a standard that it is now ... Thurston is no match in everything a complete halfback should be, he's weak in defense bt attack he's ok
@@rogernewman8432 You clearly have no idea about Rugby League. You should probably not provide your opinions again, ever. There's a reason why QLD dominated NSW year after year after year after year after year, to the point the NRL started considering to bring in new States as it became a detriment to the game as QLD just thrashed NSW every year, after year, after year. When did Andrew Johns achieve that for NSW? Oh wait, he didn't. Thurston did. Year after year after year after year.
@@DontGoThereYouWontComeBack Gotta remember QLD had who? Inglis Cronk Smith Slater Thurston Lockyer and so much more. Johns revolutionised the game and changed how Halfbacks play today, Thurston and Lockyer would go on to learn from him. Johns battled injuries throughout his career yet he was the ultimate xfactor. Goat and no 1 will ever compare to him
I was born in 99 and still remember John's playing from 04-07 and remember being upset when he retired. I'm a dragon's supporter but he always was and will be my favourite player.
@M Australia has 4 football codes. Soccer is more popular world wide because it’s not as rough and only very tough people play Rugby League and most mums don’t want their kids playing. It’s also cheaper to play soccer so more people can afford it and can play anywhere.
He can't even be in the same sentence as the word G.OA.T he hasn't done fuckall for the game except his stupid comments I swear I'll folg Andrew Johns if I see him
@J G I see you're videos all over a rugby League sites, I've never added a comment to your pathetic comment you always leave. 1, it's Football not soccer. A true football fan would never write the word soccer 2, 4billion people ? You truly are off your head. Alot of the world follow ( football ) alot of people do. I'd say close to a billion. 4 billion 😂😂😂 3, Rugby League the most exciting sport In the world. 4, In (soccer) you are lucky if you celebrate once while at or watching a game. 0 - 0 mean everyone wasted there time , didn't get to cheer once 😂🤯😂
The GOAT was on Coke and other drugs. What Johns did, every fucking kid did down at their local parks back in the days. He didn't invent shit. He learnt from others. It wasn't natural born talent.
Andrew Johns is the greatest footballer that has ever lived, not just halfback, he is the most well-rounded player that’s ever graced this earth…. His defence, his control of a game, his ability to single handedly win games for his team, his vision, he has it all
All champion players seemed to make it look easy and have plenty of time to make choices in a game. What a legend. In 2012 I was at the Grand Final between Bulldogs VS Storm - that was the day Andrew Johns became an Immortal. He was brought onto the ground by SWAT Helicopter. It was special.
8:46 "I'd like to thank everyone for letting me be involved" 🤣 because they were saying he shouldn't play since he's only played 9 games in 2 seasons - turns out the maestro and GOAT dominated anyway, as we knew he would
I always felt back then that if Johns was out Qld. had a chance. I think Thurston at his best was almost there and JTs kicking was also brilliant. Alfie was fantastic, but Johns was the sort of guy who could win it on his own. It was pretty horrible to watch him as a Qlder but i appreciated his brilliance.
He played half-back in 1995 (NSW lost). He played half-back in 1998 (NSW lost). He played half-back in 1999 (Drawn). He played from the bench in 2000 (NSW won). He played half-back again in 2002 (NSW lost). He finally dominates Origin at half-back in 2003 (NSW won) & then has his legendary two games in 2005. But the record of Johns in Origin doesn't even come close to what Thurston did for Qld. Johns had less than 5 stand-out performances in Origin across a decade.
@@blindbunker777 shows that you should Google the results before making an off the cuff claim from memory hey!! ☺️ anyway I hold JT in extremely high esteem
@@blindbunker777 Thurston did have Smith, Inglis, Slater, Cronk etc around him. If Johns had that calibre of players in the Blues' team..... Would choose Johns every day of the week.
@M we not talking about soccer we talking about rugby league Andrew was a awesome player I remember watching him from the grass hill in Newcastle abosulatly the best days he could read players before they even throw the ball go Joey 😍♥️
Toward the end of his career he started experimenting with his kicks as well, kicking torpedo like bombs from the kickoff t. He wasn't just doing the simple stuff right, he was trying new things. I think the kickoff T might be against the rules now though.
@J G That's why Andrew Johns stopped playing soccer to play Rugby League and became the best in the game. El Masri said cya soccer and became the best goal kicker in the game. Settle down mate, you're making people hate soccer, you dork! 🤣🤣
@@Matt-vr5zk Doesn't mean they have to use the same copypasta on a every other sport video on UA-cam. I've seen this twat on AFL videos, NRL, NFL and NHL and lets be real here. Ice Hockey shits all over soccer XD
@@Matt-vr5zk I guess soccer is a world game. I love all sports. AJ even played cricket for a bit. wasn't great at it but at least he gave it a go. I like when players switch codes, like Israel filauo and Karmichael Hunt
A good player AJ, but he is thee worst commentator in the game, he talks n talks about about absolutely nothing that makes any sense, he dribbles on with so much shit
I'm 53, Johns is the best #7 I've ever seen, just ahead of Sterling
Johns the junkie..
Shouldve been banned 4 life.
Immortal my arse....ahead of big Mal??? Are they crazy!!??
Stuart was far superior to Sterling.
Kids these days wouldn’t understand the true goat. Nobody comes close to him, he was my childhood hero and my reason for loving footy. The best ever.
Definitely 💯👍
Nothing but a junkie overrated flog
Im exactly the same brother. He taught me how to play.
Kids these days usually get banned for life for playing under the influence consistently of class A drugs... immortal my arse..!!
Lol mate Darren Lockyer is 10 times better than him. Joey hasn't won shit compared the Lockyer. Lockyer is the goat.
If his peers and his predecessor's considered him to be the greatest than who am I to judge otherwise? I watched him play and I was mesmerized 🐐🎉🥂
an absolute Golden era for the Knights & Blues. Wish he was still on the park😢
Indeed 🥁🥁
Every time Joey played, you know something special would happen. Every time.
This is easily the best video I’ve ever seen
As the old NRL song goes, Johns was Simply The Best! Better Than All The Rest. He was forced into retirement due to injury at least 4 years too soon.
Forced by injury... They belted him and dog shotted him into retirement.
Considering players like Thurston and Lockyer took a back seat to the Andrew Johns show really says it all, just a true freak👍
He changed rugby league and put it to a standard that it is now ... Thurston is no match in everything a complete halfback should be, he's weak in defense bt attack he's ok
@M what's that got to do with Andrew Johns?? 🤷♂️
@@rogernewman8432 You clearly have no idea about Rugby League. You should probably not provide your opinions again, ever. There's a reason why QLD dominated NSW year after year after year after year after year, to the point the NRL started considering to bring in new States as it became a detriment to the game as QLD just thrashed NSW every year, after year, after year.
When did Andrew Johns achieve that for NSW? Oh wait, he didn't. Thurston did. Year after year after year after year.
@@DontGoThereYouWontComeBack Gotta remember QLD had who? Inglis Cronk Smith Slater Thurston Lockyer and so much more. Johns revolutionised the game and changed how Halfbacks play today, Thurston and Lockyer would go on to learn from him.
Johns battled injuries throughout his career yet he was the ultimate xfactor. Goat and no 1 will ever compare to him
@@sebastianfox1391 John's was overrated as a player and is annoying as %$#@! As a commentator
Literally one of the best ever to play the game
I was born in 99 and still remember John's playing from 04-07 and remember being upset when he retired. I'm a dragon's supporter but he always was and will be my favourite player.
He was something else that's for sure super star no doubt about it
@M Australia has 4 football codes. Soccer is more popular world wide because it’s not as rough and only very tough people play Rugby League and most mums don’t want their kids playing. It’s also cheaper to play soccer so more people can afford it and can play anywhere.
@M Toyota Corolla is the highest selling car and is driven in 240 different countries but I would rather drive an Aston Martin.
He is simply the best I have ever seen.
Leeds lad here- Andrew Johns was absolutely the best player I've ever seen. Genius. The Maradona of Rugby League.
GOAT the cut out passes were amazing
He can't even be in the same sentence as the word G.OA.T he hasn't done fuckall for the game except his stupid comments I swear I'll folg Andrew Johns if I see him
The most complete footballer ever, full stop.
@J G - And you are the greatest pest in the whole world, if you like soccer so much stop watching all the Rugby League videos😂😂
@J G That only proves that there is a global IQ problem.
@J G so what? Nothing to do with this video. Muppet!
@J G I see you're videos all over a rugby League sites, I've never added a comment to your pathetic comment you always leave.
1, it's Football not soccer. A true football fan would never write the word soccer
2, 4billion people ? You truly are off your head. Alot of the world follow ( football ) alot of people do. I'd say close to a billion. 4 billion 😂😂😂
3, Rugby League the most exciting sport In the world.
4, In (soccer) you are lucky if you celebrate once while at or watching a game. 0 - 0 mean everyone wasted there time , didn't get to cheer once 😂🤯😂
Agreed, nothing he couldn't do. On and off the field 😂
The GOAT, his kicks were accurate, pinpointed and the cutout passes just were very brilliantly master classic..
The GOAT was on Coke and other drugs. What Johns did, every fucking kid did down at their local parks back in the days. He didn't invent shit. He learnt from others. It wasn't natural born talent.
My children nrl was interesting because of him ❤. What a legend 👏
Always knew the right time to run or pass
Andrew Johns is the greatest footballer that has ever lived, not just halfback, he is the most well-rounded player that’s ever graced this earth…. His defence, his control of a game, his ability to single handedly win games for his team, his vision, he has it all
All champion players seemed to make it look easy and have plenty of time to make choices in a game. What a legend. In 2012 I was at the Grand Final between Bulldogs VS Storm - that was the day Andrew Johns became an Immortal. He was brought onto the ground by SWAT Helicopter. It was special.
Spot on! Hez still the best I've seen in the last 30 years! He had it all - Pure skill -
I miss that era😔❤💯✔
How we miss this man in Newcastle, lol!
He is the GOAT without a doubt!!
@M Toyota Corolla is the highest selling car and is driven in 240 different countries but I would rather drive an Aston Martin.
He’s just a complete player of all times.
One of the best
@M Toyota Corolla is the highest selling car and is driven in 240 different countries but I would rather drive an Aston Martin.
If I could pick one player to poach from league to rugby in that era Johns was it.
Oh yeah, skilled & built low to the ground
Greatest player of all time 🐐
That's the maestro in action....👍💪👍💪very smart GOAT AJ MAGIC
Imagine a prime andrew johns and a prime benji Marshall in the same side 😳
the greatest....
Need more like him just hated the opposition and pulled em apart just a freak
8:46 "I'd like to thank everyone for letting me be involved" 🤣 because they were saying he shouldn't play since he's only played 9 games in 2 seasons - turns out the maestro and GOAT dominated anyway, as we knew he would
The 🐐
THE GOAT!
Macca's in Newcastle has an Andrew John's Meal...no burger, no fries, just Ice and Coke....
Lol nice ...
😑😑😑
Oh man... 2007 I think I first heard that joke XD
@@Parkerpenfold 😆 🤣 😂
😂👏
I'm here thanks to Jack Crowley via Andy Dunne
world's best player of all time
Very entertaining player. Always put his body on the line in defence
I always felt back then that if Johns was out Qld. had a chance. I think Thurston at his best was almost there and JTs kicking was also brilliant. Alfie was fantastic, but Johns was the sort of guy who could win it on his own. It was pretty horrible to watch him as a Qlder but i appreciated his brilliance.
He played half-back in 1995 (NSW lost). He played half-back in 1998 (NSW lost). He played half-back in 1999 (Drawn). He played from the bench in 2000 (NSW won). He played half-back again in 2002 (NSW lost). He finally dominates Origin at half-back in 2003 (NSW won) & then has his legendary two games in 2005. But the record of Johns in Origin doesn't even come close to what Thurston did for Qld. Johns had less than 5 stand-out performances in Origin across a decade.
@@blindbunker777 shows that you should Google the results before making an off the cuff claim from memory hey!! ☺️ anyway I hold JT in extremely high esteem
@@blindbunker777
Thurston did have Smith, Inglis, Slater, Cronk etc around him.
If Johns had that calibre of players in the Blues' team.....
Would choose Johns every day of the week.
No Qlder I know would say that
Johns could tackle, JT could not. Simple stuff.
Crazy to think he is high on MDMA in every highlight 😂😂
Rumour has it that Joey was that nervous before origin - 05 - game 2 , that he had 8 🍺 before kickoff & still kicked Qlds backside!
8 beers or 8 lines?
Load a crap.. waS coke yous alll knw it ..but yous call him the GOAT?? Hes admitted he used his whole career!
@@riinzamai3369 He never played a game under the influence of drugs!
@@riinzamai3369 does cocaine make you play better...?!? 🤔.
@@slipknotgraffiti1 ☝️👆
The blues and knights never been the same after Joey retired
That pass back to Danny badiras was cold.
Cody Cleary Thurston and Munster combined = Andrew Johns
Hahah well calculated
I absolutely love him ❤️
@M we not talking about soccer we talking about rugby league Andrew was a awesome player I remember watching him from the grass hill in Newcastle abosulatly the best days he could read players before they even throw the ball go Joey 😍♥️
@M Toyota Corolla is the highest selling car and is driven in 240 different countries but I would rather drive an Aston Martin.
Need a video of before 2003 not much out there and he was the greatest of all time
ua-cam.com/video/GT813rMcIRY/v-deo.html
Andrew Johns, no one better
1:09 Gus hates first half field goals 😂
GOAT
Plays on a different level..lol
6:21
The best pass I’ve ever seen
I don't agree with most Andrew had competitors in his own era but everyone says he stood alone
lol imagine training with matty and joey johns as kids, would have been a laugh. Brothers give deeper banter than colleagues.
Great player pever played for knights,Newcastle n Australia..
Great defence as well , loved to tackle.
The GOAT
GOAT 🐐
I wish you showed the 20m optional kick
AJ Still the best 💯🔥
Who the hell in their right Mind would let him sign with the Warrington wolves...😂 I'll sacrifice three players salaries just to get him to my club...
Players don't hole run like they used too
I didnt no he waz so good
The 8th... the best! 😎
Beat ever
I will legit punch on with anyone who try tell me joey isn't the goat
You’ve never punched anyone in your life g sit down
@@whyumad8947 i punched ya ummays untcay does that count "gheeeeeeee"?
@@Aka_Luthy speak English
@@whyumad8947 oh now you want to speak English aye G?
@@whyumad8947 go ask mummy hows the poohole doin
All while high
Toward the end of his career he started experimenting with his kicks as well, kicking torpedo like bombs from the kickoff t. He wasn't just doing the simple stuff right, he was trying new things. I think the kickoff T might be against the rules now though.
@J G That's why Andrew Johns stopped playing soccer to play Rugby League and became the best in the game. El Masri said cya soccer and became the best goal kicker in the game. Settle down mate, you're making people hate soccer, you dork! 🤣🤣
@@CrackDCat that's coz they sucked at soccer and knew they couldn't make millions per year
@@Matt-vr5zk Doesn't mean they have to use the same copypasta on a every other sport video on UA-cam. I've seen this twat on AFL videos, NRL, NFL and NHL and lets be real here. Ice Hockey shits all over soccer XD
@@Matt-vr5zk I guess soccer is a world game. I love all sports. AJ even played cricket for a bit. wasn't great at it but at least he gave it a go. I like when players switch codes, like Israel filauo and Karmichael Hunt
@J G Toyota Corolla is the highest selling car and is driven in 240 different countries but I would rather drive an Aston Martin.
#G.O.A.T......
I lost interest in rugby when joey retired he is clesrghe best to have ever played the game world wide
Nathan Cleary is his successor
Why was ghoul wearing blue? He is qlds biggest fan, no loves qld more than him.
JT all the way
Class ! ...... not the tallest but he's a lump for his size
Greatest ever
One of the great half backs
I remember when he came to Warrington. Quite a big deal, a much-needed boost for league in Britain.
So who's taking he's place now
1:28
I thought he was busted for doing drugs?! 🤔🤫
yyyeeesss..Seems not to many people on here want to remember that ..I hate him ...
Rabs
Good video, thanks. 16:53min of career highlights, with about 16min or slow replays and forward passes. Good player, but certainly no immortal.
Lol jealousy isn't good for ya brother. You clearly don't know rugby league as much as you think you do... you exposed yourself in a big way. 😂😂😂
And NSW bllues
Sterlo is a goblin
Had a good few years at the end of his career, whilst QLD rebuilding. Good player but a long way from GOAT.
The absolute GOAT
Was he really the greatest halfback of all time ? To me Peter Sterling/ Greg Alexander much better half
Considered by almost everybody to be the best halfback ever
Peter and Greg were great at cleaning Andrews boots👍
@@drdubberruckie2346 At least they were clean not on drugs
@@mkim1505 - True! Clean as his boots👍
@@drdubberruckie2346 "Now go home and get your fucking shine box" 🤣🤣
Great football player, terrible commentator
It helps when the try line is white, Johns is gonna get his nose over no matter what.
Sorry there is no comparison,Sterling,Alf,Mortimer,JT are miles ahead of John in that order
Not even his generation and my old man reckons the best player ever seen
Ahhh yes, Johns, the drug cheat.
If ecstacy makes him a drug cheat, then all Queenslanders are drug cheats.
Looks average to me. He's no Benji Marshall
Maybe his greatest feat was he did all this while being a meth and cocaine addict
100% & he admitted this himself, Stating, he doesn't remember playing most games as he was coked up..
A good player AJ, but he is thee worst commentator in the game, he talks n talks about about absolutely nothing that makes any sense, he dribbles on with so much shit
He’s more of a technical commentator talks about the little details in the players techniques especially the halves
Drug cheat
No
I don't think cocaine makes you play better.....
@@blank.9301 talk to Maradona
Definitely not the goat.
Majorly over rated
You’re a clown if you think that
I agree
@@salomietadap3279 clown
@@Zmart30 aahahaha!!!
@@jesserogers3869 imagine thinking he’s over rated 😂 shows how much you know
thurston is better
Remember all of the club games and Origins where Alfie Langer completely overshadowed Rabs Warren's girlfriend? If not, you must be a Blue.
JT is still better
🤔...
Were you born stupid or did you take lessons?
You Grub 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬
Rabs the goat