We're looking back at the five players we would love to bring back from the St George-Illawarra Dragons.
For those who have missed recent editions, we choose five former players who could return to the club to improve their chances of winning a title.
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The rules are similar to normal, being that we don't include current players who have moved clubs, or players who have retired in the past few seasons. These are players who I have seen in my lifetime, so anyone who played 30+ years ago isn't considered.
For today though we're adding a new rule. These are players who represented the joint venture club and not Steelers or Dragons prior to the merger.
As always, let us know below who you would bring back to help the Red V back to the promised land.
5. Anthony Mundine
There seems to be one controversial and often debated pick each and every week in this section, and this week will be no different as we name Anthony Mundine as the fifth player.
Right now the Dragons have two rep quality halves. That said, neither can seem to be able to dominate games out of nowhere. Both Hunt and Norman are brilliant players, overly criticised in my mind, but neither hold the pure flair and brilliance of the former Dragons pivot Mundine.
Again, younger readers will know Mundine purely as a boxer, but he should be best remembered for his role with the Dragons in 99/00.
He only played 33 times for the Red V following the merger, however he took them to a Grand Final almost on his own back. He was only a pass away from delivering a title in back to back man of the match efforts.
No Sharks fan will forget what he did in 99 in that prelim. I try every day to forget it. It still haunts me to this day.
Choc was a ridiculously talented footballer and I wish he had stayed in the game and become everything his undoubted talent promised.
The safer option here would have been Horny or Soward, both having Premiership winners medals, however to see Mundine with that centre pairing and Blacklock outside them, combined with Frizell, McInnes and Vaughan? Phwoar!
