Squad 1. Sonny-Bill Williams - $710,000.00 2. Kieran Foran - $550,000.00 3. Nigel Plum - $350,000.00 4. Gavin Cooper - $280,000.00 5. Tim Mannah - $280,000.00 6. Dean Whare - $250,000.00 7. James Segeyaro - $200,000.00 8. David Simmons - $51,000.00 9. Luke O'Donnell - $210,000.00 10. Justin Poore - $210,000.00 11. Nathan Merritt - $201,000.00 (Alex McKinnon traded for Merritt) 12. Jack De Belin - $200,000.00 13. Brett Finch - $171,000.00 ( Sims swapped for McCrone who was swapped for Finch) 14. Ian Henderson - $160,000.00 15. James Roberts - $160,000.00 16. Brett Kearney - $150,000.00 17. Craig Gower - $136,000.00 18. Nathan Smith - $111,000.00 19. Robbie Rochow - $70,000.00 20. Drury Low - $91,000.00 21. David Faiumu - $52,000.00 22. Ukuma Ta'ai - $51,000.00 23. Junior Sa'u-----------------------(Luauki traded for Sa'u) 24. Brett Delaney 25. Nathan Stapleton
Mcrone swapped for Ashton Sims with colesy/Ryan. Then McCrone swapped for Finch. 1. Brett Kearney 2. James Roberts 3. Dean Whare 4. Alex McKinnon 5. David Simmons 6. Kieran Foran 7. Craig Gower 8. Luke O'Donnell 9. James Segeyaro 10. Tim Mannah 11. SBW 12. Gavin Cooper 13. Nigel Plum 14. Ian Henderson 15. Jack De Belin 16. Justin Poore 17. Robbie Rochow 18. Nathan Smith 19. Brett Finch 20. Ukuma Ta'ai 21. Drury Low 22. Brett Delaney 23. Epalahame Lauaki 24. David Faiumu 25. Nathan Stapleton
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McCrone and Foran would be an absolutely disgraceful halves pairing IMO. No organising half in either of them. I'd definitely use Gower with McCrone used off the bench. And Doubling that with a running dummy half in Segeyaro you definitely need a natural organiser in the halves IMO.
I would just not play McCrone at all. Henderson is a gun bench hooker. Makes his trade seem perhaps silly but he wasn't going to play Sims either so meh.
1. Brett Kearney 2. David Simmons 3. Dean Whare 4. Junior Sa'u 5. Nathan Merritt 6. Kieran Foran 7. Craig Gower/Brett Finch 8. Luke O'Donnell 9. James Segeyaro 10. Tim Mannah 11. SBW 12. Gavin Cooper 13. Nigel Plum 14. Ian Henderson 15. Jack De Belin 16. Justin Poore 17. Robbie Rochow 18. James Roberts 19. Brett Finch/Craig Gower 20. Drury Low 21. Nathan Stapleton 22. Brett Delaney 23. Ukuma Ta'ai 24. David Faiumu 25. Nathan Smith Not looking to bad at all now, I think McKinnon would've made the perfect bench back rower, but I think I needed a genuine centre more, also pretty happy to nab Merritt. Just need to sort out the strongest line up. Gower's a gun but is 400 years old, Finch might be the better option, with Gower to hooker.