Those years, we didn’t have 1 recognisable backrowever. Either a rookie was promoted or a converted centre, 5/8 or front rower played there.Agree. We had Brooks, Moses and Tedesco all come through at the same time and we still couldn't make the 8. The juniors line is just to take the focus off the inability to sign players.
We were on the right track with Hastings followed by Papali'i and Api coming, but the mid season drama has put us back to square one where we are resorting to re-signing players that no one wants.
We had three Sophomore props and One old tough bloke that was playing through injury until he retired. All the cash went to keeping these 3 kids happy but we had no cash to build around them. Build the base before the talent. The Melbourne Storm model.