they're going to have to pull something out of the hat; even with clapham i'd say canterbury are weaker than auckland, tw, waitak, waibop and possibly hawkes bay on paper (depending on how good their multitude of new imports are)
The New boys despite the hype around some of them, have done little in pre-season to get hopes up. Though I want them to prove me wrong. No Clapham for six weeks, and with Morrison, Kelly gone the midfield's looking very soft. It's all up to you Cory. Not much so far to show up front either, that will be able to replace Kamo and Marquez. Saying that Nkoy has shown some nice touches and O'Brien comes off a high scoring winter season, so fingers crossed.
I have my season pass, but it me thinks it will be a long season.