Ideally we should be recruiting by specific position.
Assuming Olam keeps playing well for us, we would have left centre covered with To’a, Faatape, Feledy and Makasini who all also favour playing left centre.
Towards the end of this season I think we’ll need the make a choice between Faatape and Feledy.
I agree with Tiger Tarl is saying David Fifita would be the type of player that could help parachute us into genuine title contenders.
He has the tackle busting line breaking ability we are currently lacking in our forwards, but we would have to offload Bateman in order to be any chance of getting him and fitting in our salary cap.
Right centre is where we need to recruit preferably Zac Lomax or James Schiller who would both offer strike and a massive upgrade on what we currently have.
As damaging ball running prop Trey Mooney should be a prime target.
To allow all these signings we would need to offload players and at this point of time unless things change we should potentially offload Bateman, Sullivan and Naden, have a long hard think about whether or not we persist with youngsters such as Laulilli, Miller & Saukuru and obviously make re-signing Utoikamanu a priority.
For a bargain basement buy, I like the look of Bailey Hayward who is a natural playmaking halfback with a decent kicking game and the added bonus he also plays well and defends strongly as a 9. He’s the ideal type of versatile back up player.
This type of recruiting would leave us the likes of Staines and To’a as our wingers, so signing another winger or two to either keep pressure on them or take their spot would also be essential. I do believe Semi Valemai ticks a lot of boxes and wouldn’t cost much.
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