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.
3. Glenn Morrison
Truthfully the current Cowboys pack is pretty difficult to break into, hence the majority of players on this list being across the back line, however Glenn Morrison is too big of a presence for the Cowboys to leave out.
Although he played just under 100 of his 300+ top grade games for the North Queensland side, there is no doubt he'll be best remembered as a Cowboy.
He slots into the second row moving Coen Hess back to the bench, which allows a series one-two punch the Cowboys are currently lacking.
It seemed as though Morrison was linked with a NSW position almost every year but never broke through. He would represent Country on four occasions back when it was a genuine Origin selection trial.
A massive presence during his five-year stint in Townsville, Morrison is one of very few players who could crack this all representative Cowboys pack, edging out Carl Webb due to his versatility.
