TEST superstar Greg Inglis has haunted New South Wales for almost a decade and last night sent another shudder down Blues fans’ spines by declaring: “I could play on until I was 35.”

The South Sydney fullback, speaking exclusively with The Daily Telegraph in Wellington ahead of Saturday’s Four Nations final against New Zealand, says his love of rugby league has him set to play for another eight years.

media_camera Greg Inglis could break a long list of league records if he plays for another eight years.

Records set to tumble:

At 27 and already with 201 NRL games under his belt, if Inglis was to play until 2022 he would potentially:

*BREAK Darren Lockyer’s 355-game record for first-grade appearances;

*SPAN his NRL career across an astonishing 18 seasons;

*CREATE a premiership dynasty at South Sydney;

*BUILD on his 32 Test caps and threaten Lockyer’s all-time mark of 59 matches in the green and gold;

*PLAY 48 Origins for Queensland, easily eclipsing current record-holder Lockyer (36 games); and

*SECURE his place as a future Immortal.

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A future Immortal:

After a season where Inglis helped deliver the Rabbitohs their first premiership in 43 years, NSW and Australian winger Brett Morris rated the flying fullback a “future Immortal”.

Inglis was adamant that records and personal accolades weren’t motivating him to prolong his career, but he could see himself playing as long as his body holds out.

“That’s the plan,” Inglis said. “I will play until the body tells me otherwise and I can’t give anymore to the game.

“A lot will depend on the volume of playing and training. It is week-in, week-out.

“I’d like to think I could play on until I was 35.

“We will have to sit back and wait but I have only ever dreamt of playing rugby league so I want to play for as long as I can.

“You are a long-time retired.”

Inglis knows he will always be mentally ready and prepared for rugby league.

“I am still hungry,” Inglis revealed.

“I am not mentally drained so we will see how the body holds up.”

media_camera Greg Inglis is now just one Test try behind Immortal Reg Gasnier.

One try behind Gasnier

Inglis scored two tries last Sunday against Samoa in Wollongong to take his Test tally to 27, passing Immortal Bob Fulton (25) on the Australian tryscoring honour roll.

He is now just one try behind another Immortal Reg Gasnier.

“I am lucky enough to be in the right position to score,” Inglis said. “Right time, right spot. It is one of those things, the knack of being there in a game.

“I have played in some great Australian sides and have had some great players inside me.

“It was a big occasion (last Sunday) for the whole team. As a group we had to pull together and play well to cement our place in the final.

“I just love playing footy.”

media_camera Greg Inglis looks set to torment NSW for years to come.

Asked was he aware of being just one try behind Gasnier, Inglis said: “I’m not really that deep into history.

“I like looking back on certain games but I’m not hard into it. I guess some of the tries have been memorable.”

Morris meanwhile has played with and against Inglis and knows exactly what the Rabbitohs champion can achieve on a footy field.

And Morris, who just shifted from St George Illawarra to Canterbury, reckons Inglis should be the next player to be awarded legendary status.

“He is a future Immortal,” Morris said. “That is without a doubt. He is one of those players you can do so much video on but you still find it that hard to stop him.

“Inglis is definitely a future Immortal, a wonderful player. Every time he pulls on a rep jersey he seems to play his best footy. He’s just a freak.

“Look at that Queensland team, there is a few there in that class. But of them, if you had to pick two, Inglis would be one of them.”

Inglis will again line-up at fullback for Australia in the Four Nations final.

“He is certainly a handful — he always has been,” said Kiwi coach Steve Kearney.