Kangaroos, Queensland and North Queensland Cowboys half-back Johnathan Thurston conducted a live chat on Thursday at 7:30pm (AEDT).

Read the transcript here.

Thurston is currently ranked third in the Indigenous All Stars team voting tally and is the public’s preferred choice to win the halfback jersey against the NRL All Stars at the Gold Coast’s Skilled Park Stadium on February 13.

More than 14,000 fans have registered their team for the Indigenous side, with Thurston joining Greg Inglis, Sam Thaiday, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs and Justin Hodges as the frontrunners in the voting tally.

Fans still have until November 15 to cast their vote at www.nrl.com/allstars and be a part of this historic selection process.

As of 5pm EDST the voting favourites include (in no particular order):

Fullback - Rhys Wesser, Matthew Bowen, Nathan Merritt
Right Wing - Wendell Sailor, Jharal Yow Yeh, Jamal Idris
Right Centre - Justin Hodges, Greg Inglis, Willie Tonga
Left Centre - Greg Inglis, Timana Tahu, Jamal Idris
Left Wing - Nathan Merritt, Jharal Yow Yeh, Jamal Idris
Five-Eighth - Jamie Soward, Chris Sandow, Scott Prince
Halfback - Johnathan Thurston, Luke Walsh, Scott Prince
Prop - Daine Laurie, George Rose, Carl Webb
Hooker - PJ Marsh, Travis Waddell, Jake Friend
Prop - George Rose, Carl Webb, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
Second Row - Sam Thaiday, Carl Webb, Cory Paterson
Second Row - Daine Laurie, Cory Paterson, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
Lock - Cory Paterson, Yileen Gordon, Sam Thaiday
Reserves - Palmer Wapau, Jamie Soward, Willie Tonga, Timana Tahu, Scott Prince, Joel Thompson