Established in 1981, the original group consisted of former Test captains Clive Churchill, Bob Fulton, Reg Gasnier, and Johnny Raper.
To coincide with this announcement, Hunter Valley vineyard Elliots Wines released, in conjunction with Rugby League Week, four bottles of 1977 vintage port as a boxed set.
Returning eighteen years later, Rugby League Week announced in 1999 its intention to select a fifth member of The Immortals.
[1] Andrew Johns was inducted as the eighth Immortal at the Men of League Gala Dinner the week of the 2012 NRL Grand Final.
[6] There are four living Immortals: Andrew Johns (age 50), Wally Lewis (65) , Mal Meninga (64), and Ron Coote (80).