Woods is a very good first grade prop, I was happy to keep him before he completely shat on the club and has been the worst captain I've ever seen. He's game against the dogs was sensational but before that he'd put in 3 games in a row where he was probably the worst prop on the field. Tigers fans not wanting to keep woods has a lot more to do with his actions then his playing ability.
Ava is a good solid prop, apparently very professional trainer and popular well liked guy amongst the playing group. I would like to see him stay but let's not go crazy and pretend he is irreplaceable.
Yeah, I'm happy to have Ava, I like what I've seen of him so far, but he is just a good prospect at the moment, not a proven performer. Obviously I hope he kicks on and becomes better than Fifita, but time will tell.
Woods is a good prop, whose form has been way too inconsistent for the Tigers, over a number of years.
He is capable of playing well at Origin level, but many forwards in the game are better, week in, week out. So to have him mess around with contracts and act like he is DCE or something (which also didn't go down well, and he is a much better player than Woods), it rightly should rankle.
Tigers squad looks like it is building just fine anyway, and Cleary already has the team performing closer to their potential. Also looks like they kept the right one, out of Brooks and Moses.
