Joey Johns heralds dawn of the Pearce era

Let the Mitchell Pearce era begin.

That’s the opinion of NSW great Andrew Johns as the oft-maligned Blues No.7 aims to win his first State of Origin series in Wednesday night’s game two.

In recent times Darren Lockyer, Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk have enjoyed a standing as the game’s most dominant playmaker and Johns said it was Pearce’s time to assume that mantle.

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