For now also lacking Coates, Niu, Hetherington and Gamble. Capewell is a big plus, especially over latter day Glenn. We will miss Hetherington. I think he might've been the overall standout from the trials. Gamble, not sure. Niu 50/50 depending on which Jamayne we get to see. We'll find out how much of a loss Xavier is if we leak even more tries in through his former wing. I suspect he's more of a loss than we realize.
Milford played in our last match, and won our MOTM. He's been replaced by Billy Walters. Hmmm.
We're also missing Flegler but getting Carrigan back. Another tough one to appraise.
The other unmentioned loss is Ethan Bullemor, who's starting in the second row for Manly, a team some are tipping to be premiers.
Conclusion: I think this is a weaker team than we fielded at the end of 2021. It all comes down to how well Kevvie's prepared them.