1. Dufty
2. JAC
3. Naden
4. Schoupp
5. Cotric
6. Averillo
7. Burton
8. Vaughan*
9. JMK
10. Thompson
11. RFM
12. TPJ*
13. Jackson
14. BBO - not in top 30 next year
15. Hetherington
16. Ava
17. Topine - development contract in 2022
18. Allen
19. Okunbur
20. Tui Katoa
21. Doorey
22. Elliott
23. Stimson
24. Waddell
25. Wakeham
26. Flanagan
Leaves 6 spots available presuming we get Vaughan and TPJ.
Hoping that Alamoti, Topine and BBO get upgraded to top 30, leaves 3 spots open... get a decent 9 and we're finals bound again.
Barrett is an imbecile if he doesn't upgrade BBO, he has shown in a couple of games that he has way more spark then Katoa and maybe even JMK (which isn't that hard).
Just think, every signing we make is a statement to the Cheese that we are on the up and may be the straw that gets him on board. (We can only hope).
But imagine JMK and BBO taking turns at running behind a forward pack making metres, even Cotric and Burton punching holes off some TPJ offloads. Maybe not against Storm, Panthers etc but we will be able to roll a few forward packs with next years squad.
Seems like it's been a 5 years since we really put a score on a team. Bring the Cheese, Gus!