For a side that is quite clearly missing go-forward, the Warriors appear to be taking an unusual route with their 2018 recruitment. If, and it is a big if, managing director Jim Doyle can re-sign both Johnson and Foran he'll only be ensuring the status quo. They signed a work-horse back-rower like Ryan Hoffman to help compensate, presumably, for the poor defensive qualities of a number of the club's outside backs when what they needed was a dynamic offensive threat. And they continue to operate with big outside backs to compensate for their lack of go-forward up front. They need either forwards who can create momentum or outside backs who have fast feet out of dummy half and can get sets going that way.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 20, 2017 17:03 UTC