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I'd agree with everybody's comments, for my money, we need to recruit 8 players of equal or superior quality to our starters and consider those we've been using as bench options this year as development players or surplus to needs because lack of depth has been devastating in every game that we had a chance (and I include the blow out against the reds where we were in the hunt until the reserves started coming on)
Areas of need would be
props, Keirnan and peck are nearing the end of their career and we need to plan for that
Locks thrush has similarly little time left and our other options don't appear to be starting quality
Flyhalf was a hole before the season started, jono was an improvement, but didn't take it far enough, McGregor is too dependent on getting front foot ball to be more than injury cover
Centre's if indeed Godwin is going to the tahs I don't think I'd stand in the way. We have several options in that mould, maybe not with the experience, but certainly with the power and poise, where we're short is a lively stepper of world class, that would give us options in selection.
outside backs, McGregor is a good fullback, and placid (if fit) is a weapon, but beyond that, I'm struggling to see enough to match it with the others, ralston has been a good finisher, but could look for more work, brache and lacey I would consider bench options. Either a super duper complete player on the wing to boss ralston into developing the final 10% he needs or a couple of legitimate options to push both placid and ralston at selection.
That's not really the 8 I mentioned, but the extra few would provide greater depth either in those areas of need or somewhere else where we're not so desperate like hooker, where tessman is likely to move on soon or 9 to cover prior in the next few years