Ok, I'll throw in Crusaders too
Positives
1 Front row is pretty handy. Moody,Bower Codie Taylor are a pretty bloody good starting front row, back ups are all ok, and I admit to being fan of young Tamaiti Williams, think he another young un with a future, f***en big and mobile!
2 Best second row in comp fullstop!! Whitelock, Barrett,Strange, Dunshea are all quality!
3 good loosies, without being brilliant, maybe light on a real good openside, maybe see Ethan blackadder there a bit, but matera a good catch.
4 Good 9s Drummond and Hall both would be test players in most other countries, and TTT been there. Mounga at 10, though not sure when he will start season.
5 Havili/Goodhue ,Ennor (although yet to fulfill promise) and MacLeod and even Fainganu'uku who is bloody good 13
6 Back 3 with Will Jordan, George Bridge, Sevu Reece and Fainganu'uku will be pretty handy, Jordan may play a bit at 15?
7 It's the F***en Sadists, they used to being bloody good and know how to win!!
Negatives, (not many)
1 Last year or so have relied on Richie Mo, and with him maybe starting season late, and them now playing all the NZ teams early, may just cause a problem as yet.
2 Not real sure who will be 15? (I maybe grasping at straws)
3 I suspect that a few of the team were inolved in an awful lot of test rugby last year and away from home forever and a day, so maybe a little tired early, Codie Taylor etc were looking at going through motions a bit during test season.
Obviously guessing a top 3 finish, and could well be in final!