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If ever there was a tag destined to weigh down a young playmaker trying to make his way at Brisbane it's "the next Allan Langer". No pressure.
Similarly at Parramatta, where the search for "the next Peter Sterling" went unfulfilled for three decades until Mitch Moses's coming of age in the past three seasons.
Both members of the Hall of Fame, both four-time premiership winners, Alfie and Sterlo boast CVs that may never be matched, but that hasn't spared their successors from the inevitable comparisons and pining for the good old days.
In Brisbane, it has been 15 years since "accidental hero" Shane Perry emerged from relative obscurity at Redcliffe to replace the injured Brett Seymour and lead the club to its last premiership.