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Hi all,

recently our aging pack has been criticized for our drop offs in second halves of the game. I have a new team list and would love to see this in action.

Bringing through juniors and young, hungry, fresh blood players to make an impact on the game will be huge.

Another major change for the list is dropping sivo for talagi on the wing, and he will share duties with Gutho to gain experience.

I have also included the ages of the players the new average of age of the forward pack is 24.8 our current one is 28.3.

Some huge names have not been included and makes our depth very strong for injuries, or we could sell these to strengthen some weak spots in the list.

give us your thoughts on my list, I know Doorey and Guymer will be controversial but I think you could swap one of these for a fully fit carty or as I said above sell one of our dropped players and buy a top player like angus chrichton. We desperately need a haumole olakuatu or 2022 Isaiah Papalii or david fifita type player to really bend opposition lines and put our backs into space.

I would also like to include what our potential team list could look like in 2026 if we dont buy anyone else besides Lomax (although I think we will need to upgrade either Simmo or Russell to a higher quality winger). In this list a lot of long time eels are gone (gutho, RCG, Sivo, Lussick) I have promoted hands to our starting hooker and put matty arthur on the bench these 2 can swap spots if need be. Talagi is now our Fullback, we have lomax in the centres. and I have promoted Greig to a starting role for the now retired RCG and Greig at 26 should be hitting his prime. moses will be nearing the end of his contract I think we have him until 2028 which puts him at 33 years old. hopefully sanders or another gun half is ready to take over when that time comes.