I was just thinking that with so much speculation about possible signings, it'd be almost stupid to by another back. Here is my list of backs who have or will potentially play first grade next season.
1. Hayne
2. Mullaney
3. Sio
4. Morgan
5. Blair
6. Loko
7. Radradra
8. M.Barba
9. W. Tonga
10. Hopoate (2014)
We have 9 players there and only 2 don't have NRL experience. Marmin is supposedly the better of the Barba's and Radradra has huge wraps on him. It will be interesting who starts next season. For mine it will be the top 6 battling it out but I'd still throw Tonga in the mix.
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Marmin is not the better Barba. Loko and Blair will be backrowers in the coming years. W Tonga is finished.
According to Ben, Marmin was always selected in rep squads and sides before he was and Marmin was playing above his age group. Right now Blair and Loko are centres and until then they will be counted as backs in my books. We've also got an abundance of back rowers in Matt Ryan, Maitua, Paulo, Smith, Brien, O'Hanlon, Lasalo, Horo, Harrison and Lussick.
how could you get better than Ben Barba, he could put his hand into a pile of dog shit n pull out a clean hand full of diamonds n pearls..
Marmin is yet to prove anything, n he may never prove anything, but i agree we need to bulster our pack with some fire breathers..
According to me, Ben Barba will win the Dally M this year, whilst Marmin needs 10-15kg before he can think about 1st grade. Also Matt Johns was a better junior than Joey.
Lussick is a frontrower, and that list of backrowers will not last with sticky. He likes faster backrowers that can break the line.
Lasalo will stay on, if he can produce in first grade what he has been producing in Wenty then he'll be definitely in contention for next year and I don't know who this Obrien is you speak of, we certainly don't have any players named that in our 25