This season and next is going to be a turbulent time for Clubs as the new cap bites. The contract renewals that are coming up must be most of each clubs squads after the covid-extensions. Not to mention the salaries counting to 100% from 75% weighting into the new cap.
The timing for us might actually be pretty good. Losing Fifita for cash elsewhere is painful (for me at least - Have been seriously impressed with him and think he gives us a point of difference at both Lock and also as a 6 potentially - with him and Shields at 6/7 + Willis/Barbeary you have a pretty big physical back row to mix it with teams that have historically dominated us).
The silver lining is the cap is being lowered for a few years, by which time it should start to creep up again - About the time we’re likely to be need to increase the salaries of the likes of Willis x2, Barbeary, Oghre, Frost, Hislop/Millar-Mills, Cardall/Stooke, Porter/Wusty, Umaga, Charlie, Odogwu and Crossdale.
There’s a serious amount of talent in those.