TBF, we can't say our back depth is shocking this year, especially when we lose, at one point, up to 13 players.
Like, losing Mariner, Staggs (due to suspension and origin), Anderson earlier in the year because of injury. That is 3 HUGE outs in term of them being 3 starting players. Even Gem with an injury too.
Losing Arthars and Gem is something that needs to happen. Arthars used to carry linebreaks and metres with him, but now, he is one of the worse, Gem being the worst.
These are guys that we already had contracted. No one could have seen the backline injuries, or the fact that both Arthars and Gem are underperforming vastly.