Quote: moto748 "well, JT is one of the greats. You wouldn't expect many, if any, to be in his class. But Maloney, Cronk, DCE, Pearce, young prospects like Brooks and Hastings, I wouldn't say they were too lacking.
Would that we had that level of riches in SL!'"
None of them are that great, though. The Pearce, and Maloney in particular have been exposed some what when they've been on the back foot playing for NSW. Someone like Hodgkinson doesn't look as good as someone like Brough, or Luke Gale on current form.
Compared to the last era of Aussie halves which included Johns, Kimmorley, Barrett, Gower, Fitler, Prince, and Lockyer, it's miles away in terms of quality.
The next crop do look to have a lot more quality though, as you say. Jack Cogger at Newcastle looks like the next 'immortal' from the limit times I've seen him.