Wayne Bennett is certain if champion Broncos halfback Allan Langer had played his football in NSW he would have been made an Immortal.

Before Rugby League Week magazine announced the eighth Immortal in 2012 a short-list was prepared and Langer was on it. A prestigious judging committee, of which Bennett was a member, voted and Andrew Johns was inducted.

Bennett did not say Johns was undeserving of the gong, while holding out hope Langer would one day join the select group.