The club, for everything it does wrong, wouldn't do something like leaving Bateman off the squad list unless news of him moving on is close to being revealed.
I never had an issue with Bateman. But, if he didn't want to be here, didn't get on with Benji etc- it's best for all parties to move on. 2 roster spots to fill. Sione Fainu is most likely. Terrell May perhaps? Obviously Kobe Hetherington is a possibility. Toby Rudolph.
If the club can move on Naden, Staines, Doueihi or Sullivan, 3 of those 4 forwards (Fainu, May, Hetherington, Rudolph)- whatever the combination- makes the club look quite competitive.