Quote ="manoa thompsons knees"If this was Smiths thinking why give new contracts to Briers,Wood,Higham,and Gix, all have missed more games than Hicks in the last couple of seasons.'"
You need to weigh up the pro's and con's. Grix is still relatively young, Higham is pretty robust, Wood is a bit part player, and Briers is almost irreplaceable.
The other important thing is that none of them are on the quota.