Are we a destination club anymore though??The Broncos are a destination club so the recruitment of a dime a dozen forward the Roosters didn't want, a player the Cows were happy to get rid of and a player the Dragons didn't want was underwhelming at best...need to do better in this department to offset the high contracted players.
There's more competition for QLD players than ever before and we rarely seem to venture down into NSW recruits.
It seems we can attract some Qld players and kiwis, but then rely mostly on development and juniors coming through.
That's fine when the conveyor belt is humming along, but at the moment it looks a bit dry with no second rowers and outside backs looking dire. Even fullback is Sailor and then no one.
That becomes a very limited player pool when looking for recruits to fill the squad. I would hope someone in our R&R has connections across the comp to pick up guys that pass the eye test whilst also looking for an opportunity.