Looking at it again at the end of the season:
Greg Marzhew: Still an A. One of our most valuable this year. Might quibble about whether we needed to extend him but I’m gonna assume he didn’t ask for *that* much more money and the club bit his hand off to get an extra cheap year of his prime. A key plank if we’re to open up a premiership window while he’s here.
Tyson Gamble: Gotta be an A at this point. Has looked more composed and more important to the team as the year has gone on. Legitimately a starting calibre five-eighth, on peanuts, which will allow us to invest in a strong pack to play behind and elite backs for him to pass to.
Jackson Hastings: Bumping up to a B. I think he’s a better and more valuable player than either of the two above, I think he’s so central to why we attack so well atm & he understood what the coaching staff wanted before anyone else, but at about $600K/season he’s not an insane masterstroke/bargain like the two above. I honestly wouldn’t trade his contract for that of any other halfback atm though.
Adam Elliott: Also a B for mine now. Like Jackson, I reckon he’s outperforming his contract, just not by as massive an amount as Greg and Tyson. Now at full fitness, he’s by my estimation the 6th best lock in the comp. I’d have Murray, Yeo, Carrigan, Harris and Cotter ahead of him (not listed in any particular order), with Adzy fighting it out with Tom Gilbert for 6th. For about half a million bucks a year, hard not to be really happy with him, and his ball playing gives us that sort of extra dimension in attack those teams above get from their star 13’s.
Lachlan Miller: Still a D. It didn’t work out but he had a few good performances which contributed to early season wins. Best of luck at Leeds.
Jack Hetherington: I’d go a D now. He’s got his legs back under him and I do think, while his motor isn’t the best, he does have some impact while he’s out there with his hard running and aggressive defence. If he gets sin binned or sent in a finals game I’m downgrading him to F again.
Fa’amanu Brown: I’m pretty sure we’re paying him $0 this season, whole salary covered by the Dogs. For that reason, his grade is INFINITY, because even if he provided $1 worth of value that’s still infinity % more than 0. Anyway I reckon the dude can play and I’d be happy if we kept him on.
Dane Aukafolau: Same same.
. In 45 min he managed 4 runs for 38 mtrs, 24 tackles . By comparison Crocker in 45 min managed 9 runs for 95 mtrs and 31 tackles. * source NRL stats