Let's compare the pair... It should be noted the Sharks have 16 players off contract, including; Kennedy
SJ, Moylan, Toby Rudolf, Chambers (won't be re-signed), Dugan (unlikely to be re-signed), Tolman, Woods, Nene Macdonald, Magoulias... in other words I'd say there's a fair amount of uncertainty around who's actually going to be in the sharks best 17
1 | ?? William Kennedy (currently off contract) | Jamayne Isaako |
2 | Sione Katoa | Corey Oates |
3 | ?? | Herbie Farnworth |
4 | Jesse Ramien | Kotoni Staggs |
5 | Ronaldo Mulitalo | ?? Selwyn Cobbo |
6 | ?? Matt Moylan (currently off contract) | ?? Anthony Milford (currently off contract) |
7 | Reynolds | Reynolds |
8 | Braden Hamln-Uele | Matt Lodge |
9 | Cameron McInnes* | Jake Turpin |
10 | Andrew Fifita | Payne Haas |
11 | Briton Nikora | Jordan Riki |
12 | Wade Graham | TPJ |
13 | ?? Toby Rudolf (currently off contract) | Patrick Carrigan |
14 | Blayke Brailey | ?? Paix |
15 | Jack Williams | Tom Flegler |
16 | Royce Hunt | Rhys Kennedy (currently off contract) |
17 | Siosifa Talakai | Ethan Bullemor |
My combined team below... I've got 10 broncos to sharks 6, but there's some 50/50 calls in there.
1. Isaako (Personal opinion... I think Isaako is much closer to being a good fullback compared to Kennedy)
2. Oates
3. Herbie
4. Staggs
5. Mulitalo
6. Moylan (slightly better version of Milf, but both are well below decent)
7. Reynolds
8. Lodge
9. McInnes
10. Haas
11. Nikora (I don't really rate Nikora all that much, but Riki hasn't really established himself as yet and Piakura hasn't played first grade yet)
12. TPJ
13. Carrigan (personal opinion... probably a 50/50 split to be honest, but I think Carrigan has a quicker play the ball and has become a staple of our forward pack)
14. Brailey
15. Flegler
16. Kennedy (but really neither option is all that much of a selling point... could be argued that Bull takes the second middle forward spot (instead of Kennedy) and Piakura as the bench second rower, but he hasn't debuted yet)
17. Talakai