Having steered the Green Machine to their only three premierships as a player and taken them to another decider as coach, Ricky Stuart's place among Raiders royalty is assured.
Wales coach John Kear has suggested the World Cup go ahead without the Kangaroos and Kiwis if those nations are unable to send teams to England at the end of the year.
It s unlikely that this will come to pass but it s worth the experiment - how strong would the teams be if the Kangaroos and Kiwis were to select Super League-based players, such as James Maloney, Matt Prior, Jackson Hastings, Dean Whare, Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Thomas Leuluai.
Australia overlooked the likes of Ricky Stuart, Laurie Daley, Steve Renouf, Glenn Lazarus and Allan Langer during the Super League war and won the 1995 World Cup against the odds with a team of ARL-aligned players.
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