Forwards and backs will be competitive in 2019 but it’s all won or lost in the middle.
We dropped off badly in the second half getting beaten in the middle of the ground, but also seem very fatigued. That happened last year in many games when we were competitive for a while but the load of effort was left up to Mundy and Neale to try to keep us in games. With our only big mids now being Mundy and Fyfe if either or both of those are missing we'll struggle, and Conca will need to step up. I think that’s why Roly is exploring other options ie seeing how Hogan would fare in the middle, when fit I’d also try to get Logue in there if possible.
If we don’t have any luck avoiding injuries this year, particularly to our more experinced guys we’ll struggle again.
Time for Belly to have a serious chat with our fitness and medical guys about what seems to be an epidemic of leg injuries.