Kind of saw this coming with the Friend "I'm coming to play 80 minutes" quote.
Yeah, I really hope Locke / Fish / Inu step up into the fullback role, because aside from the first 3 games of this season Hohaia has been extremely solid there.
Fish - massively talented and has shown he can cut it in the NRL, but consistency and, more importantly, evasion of injury remain to be seen. He still doesn't look to me like he's physically developed enough to stand up to NRL week in week out. Maybe by next season he will...
Locke - I have no reason to believe he can be an NRL level fullback yet.
Inu - could be a realistic alternative to Fish when needed, but is also needed on the wing in my opinion.
Godinet / Ropati.
From a personal point of view, and from a talent depth point of view I am gutted to see Hohaia go as he's been one of my favourite players ever since he debuted.
Looking at it from his perspective, I'm stoked for the guy and I bet he's getting a MASSIVE payday. He will rip it up in the ESL.