Although I love the Beast Eastwood, I love him playing in the middle third and not the edge - He is not an edge defender. Picking up Frank for 150k if true would have been a masterstroke IMO, as he would have been the perfect mentor for his fellow country man Raymond Faitala-Mariner who is still a little green, and who Des won't give enough game time anyway. That would allow us to have better impact off the bench again with either Klemmer or Eastwood joining Kasiano, RFM or Tank, with maybe Garvey off the bench. (We know Des won't demote Tolman so its either Klemmer or Eastwood ).
If we cant land another, and if RFM has fixed up his defensive lapses and starts believing that he belongs, then he has to be our number 12, end of story. In fact he is our only left edge backrower option unless there is someone in NSW cup that I don't know about.