All-time Kiwis great calls time on glittering career as NRL world unites with tributes

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All-time Kiwis great calls time on glittering career as NRL world unites with tributes
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NRL: Sit back, relax and watch a rejuvenated Shaun Johnson put his best foot forward in 2023, surging the New Zealand Warriors to the finals.

One of the great New Zealand halfbacks in Shaun Johnson will hang up the boots at the end of the season, capping a glittering 14-year career in the NRL.

Watch every game of every round this NRL Telstra Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo?“It’s obviously still very raw but I’m so grateful to the club and to you boys who I get to come into work with every day with a smile on face. I have never taken any of it for granted.

“Today’s been perfect and I got to do it with my people. Announcing my retirement at the end of the ‘24 season. Kid from the coast still can’t believe he did that, grateful,” the caption read under a video montage of Johnson breaking the news to his teammates and coaches. His play almost earned him a Dally M player of the year award, and he would have won it had it not been for a freak late season run by Kalyn Ponga, who pipped Johnson in the final round to win by just one vote.

“There’s an entire generation of kids in this country who picked up a rugby league ball because of Shaun Johnson,” George said. “His impact on not only this club but also rugby league is New Zealand is something that will be remembered here forever

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