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So it wasnt exactly the doom and gloom plundering that some people predicted in terms of squad retention, IMO they have done fantastically well in retaing the core members of the squad and signing some of the best academy players in the country. Obviously losing Weeks and Braid is a loss but Byrnes and Kingi are easily replaced.
1. Ben Daley
2. Saia Faingaa
3. Greg Holmes
4. Rob Simmons
5. James Horwill
6. Scott Higginbotham
7. Ed Quirk
8. Leroy Houston
9. Will Genia
10.
11. Rodney Davies
12. Anthony Faingaa
13. Will Chambers
14. Digby Ioane
15. Peter Hynes
16. James Hanson
17. James Slipper/Albert Anae
18. Radike Samo/Van Humphries
19. Liam Gill/Lei Tomiki
20. Ben Lucas
21. Dominic Shipperly
22. Luke Morahan/Kimani Sitauti
Obviously 5/8 is the glaring spot, if Cooper were to leave then i imagine U20 5/8 Johno Lance would be promoted into the Reds squad as well as Ben Lucas reverting back to his original 5/8 position.
There are still 4 spots available for 2010:
-Quade Cooper
-Ben Tapuai
-prop
-halfback