I think we're underplaying the fact that Napa was RELEASED, rather than simply not re-signed.
He was accounted for under our 2019 cap and yet Robbo had no issue releasing him. If both he and the club genuinely thought his best days were ahead of him and he was JWHs heir apparent then surely we would have retained him.
As it is I reckon Robbo, Fitzy and co see Napa for what he is. A huge underperformer when you measure what he has been capable of (the Souths game) vs his actual output.
Maybe they see enough in Lindsay and Butcher. Or maybe Josh Curran is ready to tear it up at lock forward and Liu does shift into frf.
Either way Robbo highly values and knows his pigs well. And he just let Napa walk so I'm sure he's confident in our internal replacements.
Also if that money goes towards re signing the two best centres in the game then that'd be massive. Re-signing Guerra for 2016 perhaps cost us RTS and he gave us nothing. Maybe they've learned from that and decided that Napa's money should go to Mitchell and Manu who are genuine superstars that give us a massive edge over the entire competition out wide.
He was accounted for under our 2019 cap and yet Robbo had no issue releasing him. If both he and the club genuinely thought his best days were ahead of him and he was JWHs heir apparent then surely we would have retained him.
As it is I reckon Robbo, Fitzy and co see Napa for what he is. A huge underperformer when you measure what he has been capable of (the Souths game) vs his actual output.
Maybe they see enough in Lindsay and Butcher. Or maybe Josh Curran is ready to tear it up at lock forward and Liu does shift into frf.
Either way Robbo highly values and knows his pigs well. And he just let Napa walk so I'm sure he's confident in our internal replacements.
Also if that money goes towards re signing the two best centres in the game then that'd be massive. Re-signing Guerra for 2016 perhaps cost us RTS and he gave us nothing. Maybe they've learned from that and decided that Napa's money should go to Mitchell and Manu who are genuine superstars that give us a massive edge over the entire competition out wide.
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