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Fan votes determined our top 15 names of greatest Counties Manukau players of all-time. We passed those names to our panel of experts and this is how they rated them.

Number 2: Alan Dawson

No player has represented Counties Manukau more times than the legendary Alan Dawson. A rugged and hard-working number eight, Dawson was the epitome of provincial rugby and dedication.

One of Waiuku’s finest products, Dawson played a staggering 202 games for the Steelers from 1976 until 1989, captaining the side in his latter years.

Through that time he won the NPC 1^st Division in 1979 and helped make Counties a force to be reckoned with.

Unlucky not to have made the All Blacks, Dawson was one of those players that rarely had a bad game and was unbelievably durable considering how tough he played.