1. Dufty
2. Pearson
3. Hayne
4. Lomax
5. Ravalawa/Pereira/new winger
6. Widdop
7. Hunt
8. Graham
9. McInnes
10. Vaughan
11. Frizell
12. Sims
13. De Belin
14. Robson
15. Leilua
16. K.Sims
17. Lawrie
Here's my reasoning:
- Pearson deserves first shot at left wing. Of course he has to earn it, but he was a bright spark for the Broncos when he got his shot at first grade, I truly think he'll be awesome for us. We need speed, he has it and then some.
Ravalawa will surprise most as well, big hopes for him.
- Hayne/Lomax centres, providing we sign Hayne of course. It is clearly our best centre combination. People have been crying out for changes in the backline, well, it has to start with our centres. Lafai is just too slow... Like painfully slow. I like Aitken but unfortunately for him, Lomax is just better. We need to try something different this year.
- Robson HAS to have a bench spot. It's obvious that McInnes is getting worn out playing 80 minutes every single f**king week. His form has dropped habitually in both 2017 and 2018 towards the end of the year and it's clear that it has to do with burnout. Robson is such a good young player, the best young hooker running around at the moment, he deserves to be in the 17 each week running around tired forwards at the back end of halves. We're going to lose him to a rival club otherwise.
- If Lawrie plays next year like he did at the back end of this season, he's a shoe in. He was one of our best on ground against Brisbane. He's starting to become what the club have been talking about for some time.