More Jonny Wilkinson or Tommy Raudonikis? Either way, the NRL’s two-point field goal era has begun

Rugby league history was made three times this week, first with the passing of Blues icon Tommy Raudonikis.

When master coach Warren Ryan was told the news on Wednesday morning, he declared Raudonikis was the greatest competitor he ever saw. Only afterwards did he ask when he had died.

Raudonikis was less a planet in rugby league’s solar system, more its blazing sun.

But his record was something of an oddity.

An elite representative halfback … without a field goal in his career.

It was perhaps fitting then that one day later, Adam Reynolds ushered in a new era with the NRL’s first two-point field goal.

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The rule change was brought about suddenly in the off-season.

From at least 40 meters out, field goals would now be worth…