They could only do it once while Immortal-in-waiting Johnathan Thurston was pulling the strings, and yet I’ve tipped them to win the competition in their first year without him. That would be bold, if not for the masterful recruitment effort of the Cowboys ahead of the 2019 season. Kangaroos lock Josh McGuire adds aggression, mongrel, go-forward and most importantly 100 per cent effort to their forward pack. Even Wally Lewis admitted he was in shock the Broncos let him go.
With McGuire joining the likes of Jason Taumalolo, Jordan McLean and Matt Scott, plus back-rowers of the ilk of Coen Hess and Gavin Cooper, they’ll have the competition’s best pack. Michael Morgan has always played his best football when he’s the dominant playmaker, and they also have no shortage of big bodies in the backline to get their sets rolling from out of their own end. With Ben Barba putting the polish on their attacking plays, and the two best finishers in the game outside him in Nene Macdonald and Kyle Feldt, they are in for a bumper year.
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