Would like to see some older Kiwis at the club, who become long serving - mainly because they are probably not good enough to ever make it at a 'top' level overseas. These guys can then become the local NZ heart of the team.
In the past there was Sigmund (esp), Paston, Brown, Bertos, Lochead....
Maybe now standard of the league has risen these type of NZ players no longer exist. Not in Rudan's eyes anyway, noting sounds like Gulley has missed out.
However feel Payne & Howieson could have done that job, but alas.