He reckons we have more in the forwards than fans think....hope so
Without doubt we need strengthening in the front row and I'm confident Gus will get us someone, but regardless of that I think we desperately need either Patolo, Hughes, Katoga or Famaasili (spelling??) to really have a breakout year and step up and actually make positive contributions to the team
Patolo has had a bad run with injuries but showed glimpses of promise a couple of years ago. Hughes is a big body that hopefully can start to use that and be effective at NRL level but both are still young
Famaasali and Katoga are real unknowns, but hopefully they might surprise us.
I guess what these guys do have is an opportunity and hopefully they grab it because I am confident by next year or by 2025, Gus will get a couple of experienced NRL props to the club.
We also have young Isaac Mateeva-Booth regaining fitness and that kid has the size to be anything in a couple of years. Throw in Todd and Hipoi from Flegg and there are some good youngsters there, but they still need development and are at least a couple of years away
I think Gus is playing his cards close to his chest and in the last month or 2 there has been plenty of rumours of props (who are under contract) possibly becoming available i.e Safiti, JT, AFB, Klemmer etc so I suspect Gus is right amongst it in regards to wheeling and dealing for those players
Either way we need all the front rowers we currently have to lift to the next level to give us some sort of platform up front
