The ability to offload seemingly impossible around the corner passes became the gifted forwards trademark. The son of Penrith founding father Merv Cartwright, John Cartwright was a gangly teenager when he made his first grade debut in 1985. He honed his ball skills to gain State of Origin selection in 1989 but NSW lost the series 3-0 and Cartwright was ill-used in the front row. The following year, he was one of four Penrith players selected in the Kangaroos squad but was unlucky to be dropped after Australia's fir...  Click for more