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I agree he is the GOAT but not sure what he did in establishing State of Origin. I am from Perth and Leon Larkin from the Subiaco FC was the man who pushed and negotiated with the VFL for 2 years to establish it.
He was instrumental in getting the Vics on board, basically. Teddy Whitten was too. For sure though, the concept came from WA and Larkin deserves more credit than anyone.
RDB was even more forward thinking than that though, he was making calls for a fully national competition in the 70s, saying that the top WA and SA clubs deserve to be in it and that it would massively grow the game.