We do have some princely paid backs atm. A few who play like paupers though. Do we need to spend big dollars on Roberts or wait it out to buy a couple of decent props.
What would you prefer?
Personally I'd prefer to snap up Roberts right now because he would change the whole look and structure of our backline. Part of this is because he's a great player, and the other part is because I don't like Mamo at fullback or Gagai at centre. I think they're both going to be playing in the wrong positions, and Roberts would fix that as well as become arguably our best attacking weapon. Whatever it takes to get Gagai at fullback, I'm in favour of.
I don't think we're struggling all that much in the front row either. Sure I wouldn't say no to another quality big man, but I think what we have already is adequate.
Snowden
Paea (my hunch is that he'll be a really good pick-up and surprise a few people)
Stockwell (like a new signing really, and he looks very capable of developing further)
K Sims (reports suggest he's set to move into a wider backrow position, but we can know he can play middle if we need him)
T Sims (no reason he can't play in the middle either considering we have Rochow, Tapine and his brother on the edges already)
Everyone else battling for spots as injury cover - Mataora, Saifiti, Yates, Sironen (if he's still with us) etc...
