If I was selecting the team, I would have penciled in
1 Dufty
2 McDonald
3 Lomax
4 Lafai
5 Matherson Johns
6 Widdop
7 Hunt
13 Debelin
12 Simms
11 Frizzell
10 Graham
9 McInnes
8 Vaughan
14 AhMau
15 Host
16 Kerr/Latimore
17 Leilua
With that team a lot would be riding on Dufty, Lomax and Matherson Johns being success stories. I think they all have it in them to be a success. We do have a very good pack and a very good pair of halves. They can provide the likes of Dufty, Lomax and Matherson Johns the right circumstances to enter first grade.
I think we should make the top 8. If the above mentioned youngsters get a shot and succeed, we could even be a top 4 team?
I have not seen much of Herbert or Garrick, but I would not mind if either of them were given a shot at centre or wing. McDonald failed to impress last season and if a youngster can take his spot, I would be fine with that. Nightingale is now too slow and should have retired from the NRL last season.