The Dogs are not that injury ravaged. Most there injured players are fringe first graders.
Patten, Tonga, El Masri, Sherwin and Sonny Bill.
So bloody what.
You have Young a quality fdeveloping full back. Utai is your normal winger. Phelps has played heaps this year. Lolesi is your regular. Anasta is your normal star player. Hughes has had years of first grade experience.
O Meley, Mason, Ryan and Asotasi. Those four should be enough really without any other good players. Then Brideson and Grimaldi have had buckets of first grade experience.
Basically you had two top grade centres including a Kiwi rep , one Kiwi winger, the NSW number 6, a starting pack with four reps plus one of your long term stalwarts in Grimaldi plus an experienced Brideson.
So you had one inexperienced Fullback, one inexperienced winger and a halfback who is really a hooker but still the guy has played first grade for years.
Two non first graders and one guy out of position. You have no excuse. Your team was just smashed by a far superior team.