As we count down the return of the greatest game of all, we continue our look at which five club legends we'd bring back. This week it is the North Queensland Cowboys.
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To limit the choices, I've selected only players I have seen play live. i.e. I'm in my mid 30s so I can't comment on players from the 1970s.
We also don't pick players who are still currently playing elsewhere, or retired less than five years ago.
Being that the Cowboys are a newer club, they don't have the history or success of the likes of the Bunnies and Raiders, so this one shapes up very differently.
We weight selections based on achievements at the club. Steve Walters for instance would make the list based on his time in Canberra but probably not his Cowboys stint.
Again, these are players who would slot straight into the side to improve the current squad's chances of a title win, so there's no point in selection five fullbacks, even if they were the best five players available.
2. Matt Sing
Joining Valentine Holmes on the wing is one of the most underrated players of the modern era in Matt Sing.
Equally at home on the wing or in the centres, Sing scored 176 tries from his 323 games in both the NRL and in the Super League.
Although he played more games for the Roosters, I'd argue his best footy came in Townsville as he scored more tries in 30 less games.
24 games for QLD and 14 games for the Kangaroos go to show just how brilliant Sing was. This despite, much like Bowen, spending most of his career marking up against much larger opponents.
21 tries in 20 games for a fairly ordinary Cowboys side in 2003 will be his main highlight, although he's another who didn't mind breaking Sky Blue hearts come rep season.
