Luai is one of our best most weeks organises the team and gets us around the park. Drives standards around the club. Is he worth 1.2m not a chance. That’s the price you have to pay now for that level half. It will be standard moving forward. We have cap space so we need to spend wisely.
We have to fix many things for our halves to be successful. We don’t do the simple things well because they are hard.
1. Kick pressure limiting kick metres
2. Defensive technique hit, stick and grapple
3. Line speed limiting metres
4 kick returns at speed
5. Outside backs to churn metres
6. Get Bula back and use two sides of the field.
7. Get Sam Fainu back and KPP next year to have strike on both edges.
8. We need more speed on the wings Makasini and May are my centres but we need to upgrade Skelton. Maybe not if the club knows Toa is busted. His form earlier was outstanding.
9. Lock position the biggest weak link for 2026. Don’t see a player on the roster capable.
10. Douihei is a 14 at best.
11. Get fit enough to do all the above for 80 minutes all year.
12. Some players are not quite able to elevate they have plateaued Bird, Twal, Seyfarth.
We are making progress but not enough for me. Throw in another prop as well however will reserve judgement if Hunt can get going.
