we've been talking about it for the last year or more, Fakatava is one of the 3 or 4 guys sticking their hand up to replace smith
Smith has just re signed but its believed it may all be part of some long term planning to bring through Fakatava. We all hoped Fakatava would get more gametime this year and some starts but a little surprised to see a start this early
I hope he can see a future like smith had with us, smith came in under Cowen who was one of the AB halfbacks and played apprentice for a couple of season before stepping up, SMith has said he wants to do exactly the same thing for fakatava
its a bit of gamble as we havent resigned him past this year so if we can lock him down he may see a better future with someone like the Crusaders who have both their halfbacks off contract at the end of the year