He was playing similar to Tep except with better defence. We might lose a little bit in attack but we'll be much better with starting defence and Tep will be taking Pauli's spot on the bench so we'll have a hugher quality player over a longer period.
There will always be injuries but i wouldnt be surprised to see the bench as two edge forwards, an edge/middle forward and a prop (i.e tepai, pauli, gower, wicks). Pauli and Tepai will have a lot of comp with Edwards, Mau and Scott in the team but i think they both will play important roles all year