Immortals Johnny Raper, Graeme Langlands and Reg Gasnier snubbed from NRL season launch St George great Johnny Raper was left of the invite list for tonight's NRL season launch. THE NRL forgot to invite league legends Johnny Raper, Graeme Langlands and Reg Gasnier to tonight's gala season launch. The three Immortals were inexplicably left off the invite list before The Daily Telegraph contacted the NRL this afternoon to enquire about the oversight. An NRL spokesman said it was "an embarrassing mistake." "There was a mix-up with a number of invitations and we have sought to rectify that immediately," he added. We have now been in contact with John Raper and he and Caryl are both coming, and we are trying to contact the other members who did not receive their invites. Jess rocks as NRL launches Earlier, the 73-year-old Raper was planning to spend the evening in his Kirrawee apartment. "I'm bloody well disappointed," he said, "You get older and they forget about you. Maybe they don't remember my name or what I did. I didn't bother ringing to complain. If they don't want me there, they don't want me there. (From left) Immortals Graeme Langlands, Bob Fulton, Andrew Johns, Wally Lewis and Johnny Raper. I'll never turn my back on the game. It's been too good to me. I go to every function that I'm invited to as my way of supporting the game. Not to worry. There will be other functions on. Later, he was picked up in a hire car to be driven to the launch. "The main thing is I'm going," he said. I'm really grateful The Telegraph was able to step in and get it fixed. St George and Australia legend Reg Gasnier with a bronze statue of himself in Moore Park, Sydney.