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Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
but I do know they won't be as great, brilliant and dominating as Slater, Thurston, Cronk and Smith.
From a NSW point of view our chances of a series win over the next few years has increased dramatically for as good as the replacements will be they won't be as good, at least for a few years.
Yeah, at least not to begin with. Anyone could be the next Thurston or Smith around the corner, but there should be a drop in quality for a few years at least. Just going over the QLD & emerging QLD squads of the last few years, these are the players that will be in the frame for the spine positions:
Fullbacks: Darius Boyd, Valentine Holmes, Kalyn Ponga
Halves: Michael Morgan, Cameron Munster, Anthony Milford, Ben Hunt, Ashley Taylor, Corey Norman, Brodie Croft
Hookers: Jake Friend, Jake Granville, Andrew McCullough
Probably missed a few, but while most are very good players, probably none the massive leap ahead of NSW's talent like Thurston, Smith, Cronk & co have been, at this stage.