Hastings is a good player although he's had his chances in the halves already. Not too good at the chooks with a great side beside him. Had a game in the halves this year as well and was really underwhelming. I'm a big fan of him as a utility though, great potential as hooker, gets the players all charging onto the ball and very direct
Pearce is the perfect player to complement DCE, absolutely perfect
Strong running game (like foz), good short kicking game, leader, runs to the line, deceptive, great short passing game (particularly to second rower), organiser etc