The NRL have confirmed they will name another Immortal in August, and reports have already jumped to the conclusion that Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston are in the mix.

That comes with the NRL altering the rules, allowing players to be addmitted to the Hall of Fame just three years after their retirement.

There is little doubt that Smith and Thurston will be among the group of players added to the Hall of Fame at the ceremony, with a fair chance Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk will join them.

But the NRL simply can not admit any of those players as Immortals yet. The Immortals concept is supposed to recognise the greatest players in the history of the game, and while there is little doubt those players are going to be there one day, now would be too soon.

They were widely panned for adding Andrew Johns too early back in 2012, and can't afford to make the same mistake here, particularly given the number of other candidates who should be considered from previous generations, including one of Johns' great rivals.

Here are ten players the NRL should be considering for the next Immortal spot.

This story was originally published in July.

7. Laurie Daley

A gifted and versatile star, Daley was a one-club player throughout his career, playing 244 games for the Canberra Raiders between 1987 and 2000.

A three-time premiership winner with the Green Machine in 1989, 1990 and 1994, he was the star of the show during the club's biggest run of dominance.

Daley took out the Dally M Medal in 1995, and was named Rugby League Week's player of the year in the same season, while he took out the Dally M five-eighth of the year on back-to-back occasions in 1995 and 1996.

Named to the NRL's team of the 1990s, he was named at number 49 in the Rugby League Week's top 100 players in 1992 and added to his club career with 23 State of Origins for New South Wales, and 21 Tests for Australia.