current 2026 top squad
1. Bula
2. Turuva
3. Toa
4. Taylan
5. Makasini/Skelton
6. Luai
7. Latu
8. Terrell
9. Api
10. Pole/new marquee prop
11. KPP
12. Sam
13. Douhie
14.
15. Sione
16. Twal
17.
with the top 30 increasingly locked in for 2026 the permutations are starting to settle down as to what our round 1 team will look like. With Douhie at 13 that means you don’t need to carry a player who can play in the halves or backline on the bench. Still a glaring hole at 14 to cover Api and I really don’t think our top 17 will just use that position as an outright hooker like Hope who will be there purely to give Api a rest. I don’t like the shuffling players like Latu around to cover API either, just let the halves settle. Mason in theory should be the one most likely to player as an impact/hooker cover given his versatility but he has had glaring issues in defence and is sloppy when at 9. Those things perhaps can be coached over an off season given his options for breaking into the 17 are getting increasingly limited but that does appear to our biggest open question. The last spot on the bench will depend on whether we can find a marquee prop over the off season. If we can then Pole completes the bench, if not then we need to decide if we want to carry another edge/middle like perhaps Roberts or try and get an upgrade on the impact prop role that Hunt players.
exciting how settled the squad looks and we haven’t even considered the one of the younger kids in the system can jump out of the ground and demand a spot.
Starford To’a extends until the end of 2028
