Oh whoops. Can I change my 1 from Fusitua who was very good to Ayshford who came up with another couple of ripper plays. I'd resign him frankly, he won't cost you much and he's doing his job well.
He's the best centre at the club tbh. And it's not close (though that's still not a high standard).
Kata does one thing well (and even then, has been struggling to do it this year). Aside from that, his defence has regressed back to late 2015, and he either can't or won't set up his outside man... and doesn't take the right option often enough when he has the ball. Those are the three things I look for in a centre first... if he's also a blockbusting runner, that's great - but secondary to actually fulfilling the needs of the position. Ayshford does all three significantly better than Kata. Hopefully Kata can find his way back and start to progress as a centre again, like we saw last year.
With Whare off the board we kind of have to re-sign him (Aysh), surely. I'd look at Lafai too (said it when he was leaving the Dogs, needs repeating), he can do the basics above and play both sides - competition for both spots. We don't really have centre competition right now, and Allwood's spot (and silly money) is coming open.
