To equal the Dragons we need to get rid of all the inter-state teams and the Warriors and reduce the competition to 10 teams and get rid of the salary cap. Then we can have Burton, Capewell, Crichton, Leniu, Korisau, Luai, Turuva, Kikau, Hopgood, Katoa and maybe Staines back (for depth).
I am so over this Dragons 11 year worship. It was the NSW Cup, a separate competition existed in QLD. It is very impressive for what it was at the time. But, and its a big but, they didn't even have to play a team from QLD. Cronulla and Penrith didn't exist. Imagine if they had to play the Broncos, the Storm and the Raiders? You know, those teams that produced multiple grand final winning teams featuring a lot of talent from QLD. St George know all about the Broncos.
The Cowboys, Raiders, Broncos, Cronulla, Penrith and the Storm have all won premierships since 1966. The Warriors have made two grand finals.
The worship of the Dragons goes a long way to explaining the SOO hate. QLD must feel it was like they didn't exist. St George weren't even the national premiers, they were NSW champions. Northern Suburbs won six QRL premierships in a row between 59 and 64. Why aren't they ever mentioned?