Greg Dowling would be the first prop chosen in Paul Vautin’s Origin dream team
A NOSTALGIC journey back to the 1980s has convinced Paul Vautin that warhorse Greg Dowling would be the first prop chosen in his State of Origin dream team.
“Dowling was just a bloody great player … in any era,’’ said Vautin, himself a contender for a back-row berth in The Courier-Mail’s Team of The Century in celebration of this month’s 100th Origin game.
“I recently got given the box set of rugby league in the 1980s and I sat down and watched them over a week.