Shaun Johnsons matchwinning final act for New Zealand Warriors [Video]

Shaun Johnson, stopped, paused and thought briefly, longingly, of a beer 267 games and 13 years in the making, before skipping one way, then the other – just as he has for 267 games and 13 years.

“I’ll run you straight through it. I’mma break this bad boy down for you,” the retiring Kiwi champion told a small throng of reporters in the smaller still press conference room at Shark Park.

With coach Andrew Webster next to him jokingly begging not to give away the Warriors game plan, Johnson broke down his final act of NRL brilliance: one last 80th-minute match-winner for the road.

Thankfully, Johnson’s grand post-playing plan is to keep breaking down rugby league’s most seductive art.

As Webster hailed an influence in rugby-mad New Zealand that extends to single-name only status – “If you’ve had a big impact on kids wanting …