It is interesting how things come at you from left field. Although I had seen him play there occasionally, I had never figured that Holloway might be that dynamic, physically dominant lock. But in the Rebels game I thought he was good (though Philip was way better) and last night he was excellent. How he plays in the next 3-5 weeks will reveal whether he is the second lock for next year with Staniforth and McCauley on the pine. I would still try to buy one of the spare locks, even those who are half way through a contract because we are still weak at 4/5. I would purchase Lukhan Tui, Matt Philip, Rory Arnold, Blake Enever and Richie Arnold in that order. Before anyone starts yelling, QLD is in a huge bind with Thorne having sidelined so many contracted players and my guess is they may agree to Tui returning home to give them some cap relief. Melbourne now look to be under the cap with all their outgoings, but if they buy To'omua or Cooper they would have to be in trouble again. So Philip or Tui are approachable.
Just quietly, Genia/Cooper is the nightmare pairing that the other three teams will be most afraid of.
