I understand that Des does not have the greatest track record with dummy halves,Ballin was a defensive guy and Des history at the Dogs with dummy halves was not great,but why are we getting so worried about it?Maybe Manase will be here and maybe he wont.
In 2017 Fainu was going to be the captain of our U20 side and circumstances meant he started the year in reggies and Cust started the year as captain before moving up to reggies later in the year.We now know that both players have progressed pretty well.
Last year Tyran Ott was going to be our captain and number 9 for our Flegg side,but due to circumstances was called up to begin the year in reggies and did an excellent job before moving back to Flegg when injury problems lessened and meant more squad guys were available.Maybe I am wrong but I am pretty sure we have enough talent in the squad to cover Manase not being there.
Des may bring in someone if Manase is not available,but he seems to be content in our backup talent so far,yes he looked to bring in a cheap option of Luke as a backup but it does not seem like it was a desperate grab at talent(more an opportunistic shot at bringing in a cheap vet)
Doubt our season is over if Manase is not there,our defence has improved tremendously and we still have some pretty serious attacking options if we have a healthy season.