So you'd have tied up a large chunk of our salary cap by holding on to a player who didn't want to be here and publicly stated as much?



Thank fook you aren't in charge.

I would have thought that with overseas players being down to 6 next year it will also mean that Moa will be on his way should Lauaki get over, and we'll be after a scrum half or fullback but not both. Tony to get a new deal too? Why not a 1 year extension, we don't offer enough players those?

Personally i think cusack deserves a extension to his contract.Cusack is nothing spectacular but does what he does very well.Takes the ball up well and a sound defence,in my eyes likes dowes both are reliable performers.

But it's this very attribute running through the bulk of our squad which finds us in the current situation. I don't think anyone's saying he's not a good player, just that we need to start making changes to the current squad with particular attention to the balance of it. Continually retaining what we have will only make the necessary changes less and less possible.

How many "nothing spectacular" players can a squad carry if it is to compete at the very top ???

We have a squad full to the brim with players who "do a job" and until that changes we will continue to be as dull as dishwater to watch !!