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Television, the ones with all the money, could produce a 10- week series brimming with excitement and nostalgia/ "Six of the Best" aired every Friday at 7.30pm.
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The six best fullbacks, the six best wingers, centres, five-eighths, halfbacks, lock forwards, second-rowers, props and hookers.
Each of the positions featuring a three-minute video of each player from the six different positions.
And then the six best coaches.
Viewers invited to vote by calling a toll-free 1800 number.
Panel debate while voting takes place. I'll cast an early vote.
My six best coaches: Wayne Bennett, Jack Gibson, Craig Bellamy, Norm Provan, Warren Ryan, Phil Gould.
No bias here.
If there was Trent Robinson would be in the six.
I'll throw in my best six halfbacks: Keith Holman, Billy Smith, Peter Sterling, Andrew Johns, Steve Mortimer, Alfie Langer.
Finally, because I was once a plodding second-rower, here are my six best No. 9 and 10: Bradley Clyde, Norm Provan, Terry Randall, Brian Hambly, Bob McCarthy, Kel O'Shea.
What wonderful memories would come flooding back. Seeing the best of the best in times so macabre.
Yes, it would be a costly production. Collating footage of some of the old timers would be demanding but worth it.
Kerry Packer wouldn't have hesitated.