Reece Walsh didn’t need to strip down to his budgie smugglers to settle this argument.

Love him or hate him for his rockstar ways.

But what no one can deny any longer is that Walsh is now not just the flashiest star in rugby league — he is officially the best.

As per usual, Walsh’s post-match theatrics stole some of the spotlight when he did his lap of honour in the bare essentials.

But prior to turning on his strip show, Walsh had already looked after the purists.

It was a Test debut for the ages in which Walsh finished with two of Australia’s four tries and, just as importantly, saved two more.

He was head and shoulder above the rest in man of the match voting.

Factor in what Walsh did over the final month of the NRL season — capped off by his miraculous grand final performance.

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