ASK rugby league fans who the ninth Immortal should be and you’ll be bombarded with the usual suspects.

Darren Lockyer, Norm Provan, Mal Meninga, Dally Messenger. The list goes on.

Well, there’s a man who’s beaten them all to the punch — sort of.

In the lead-up to the Immortals announcement in August, sports betting firm Sportsbet have crowned NRL cult hero Scott Minto ‘The People’s Immortal’.

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Scott Minto with his bronze statue at Suncorp Stadium. Photo: Sportsbet Source: Supplied

Minto, a winger who played 35 games for Brisbane and North Queensland, had a bronze statue erected at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday.

It follows the torrent of social media support for Minto after NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg revealed there’d be up to two inductees into rugby league’s most exclusive club.

“It’s a really proud moment for me and my family … seeing all those online memes I thought I was half a sniff so to get the immortal status is a cherry on top,” Minto said.

Incredibly, Minto received his statue even before Broncos legend Allan Langer who has had fans calling for him to be immortalised in bronze at the stadium.