How we looking this season? Any chance of doing well?
Honestly it’s so hard to tell year-on-year since the competition has expanded.
We have about 90% of the same squad as last season, so there’s positives and negatives with that.
Players are more familiar with each other and with Prince’s coaching so we should should be able to have a better start than last year, but that could also give similar results
Stacey Waaka and where she fits in will be interesting because god knows we need a new fullback. Maddick just hasn’t been cutting it since she was permanently in the side
Another big in is Keilee Joseph who will be a fantastic middle for us and showed the difference she makes to a side in Origin II after missing the first game
Broughton also played most of last season with a bulging disc so she should have a better season (not that it was bad) but may also take some time getting back into full swing since the surgery
The forwards puzzle for the year and with one eye on 25 will be most interesting for me.
We have Duzzi, Rapana, Teitzel, Denman, Fogavini, Joseph, Nu’uausala, Clark and Lafaele plus Brill, Ferguson and Gould as our hookers. That’s already far too many forwards for a 17 and then we have Larsson who missed last season through injury and even Spreadborough can be a bit of a dual centre/forward.
It’s good in that we have a heap of of forward cover (take note Kev) but I wonder if Prince will try and rotate players through/name a horses for courses team each week or just cut and past the same 17 every week regardless of results
