Poupou Escobar
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Thing is... when 4 members of your top 17 leave the club, you don't just recruit for depth for need to replace players who will just walk into first grade.
But who have we really lost?
Kris Keating wasn't the answer, and we're still trying to find that answer - hopefully Orford will arrive and do for us what none of our other number 7 hopefuls could. Because Keating was no better than Mortimer or Robson, and his contract happened to expire first, which meant he was the one to be let go.
Nathan Cayless was way past his best, and chewing up a lot of cap space. Both Webb and Shackleton could potentially offer more at prop next year than Cayless did this year.
Inu wasn't even in our top 17 this year. He only played so much because of Grothe's injury.
Lastly, Mateo is great at his best, but lazy and error prone at worst. He's played a couple of games for Tonga, but is being replaced by Reni Maitua who has played for Australia.