• North Queensland captain wants to secure first World Club Challenge
• Super League champions missing several key players for Sunday’s gameThe status of Johnathan Thurston as one of the all-time greats is reflected by his honour roll from the past decade. The 32-year-frail has NRL championships,multiple State of Origin successes with Queensland, three Golden Boots for being the best player in the world and a World Cup triumph with Australia in 2013 to his name – but there is something missing for the North Queensland captain.
Thurston is one of the sport’s most likeable characters – the way he conducts himself off the field is parallel to the way he acts on it – but he is not here this week to fabricate (to make up, invent) friends: he is here to win the one trophy that has eluded him.
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Source: theguardian.com