Whacky off-season idea of the week... how about McInnes as an edge player for part of the game? Hear me out.
I'm the biggest supporter you will find of the "mobile 13 who can pass the ball", and we just signed two of these. The more I think about it, the less I like the idea of Finucane at prop, but I do think that Brailey, Finucane and McInnes are all among the best players in this team and should all be out there to start the game.
You have a boatload of middles now (Uele, Williams, Tolman, Rudolf, Pele, Hunt, Talakai, Fifita) but not many who you want out there for more than 45-50 minutes. How about something like one of the following...
Option 1
8. Middle
9. Brailey
10. Middle
11. Graham
12. McInnes
13. Finucane
*
14. Middle
15. Middle
16. Wilton
17. Tracey
Middles play 45-50 each. Wilton comes in to back row to have McInnes play a bit of 9. Tracey is injury cover.
or
Option 2
8. Middle
9. Brailey
10. Middle
11. Graham
12. McInnes
13. Finucane
*
14. Middle
15. Middle
16. Wilton
17. Berrell
Middles play 40 each. Wilton comes in to back row to have McInnes play a bit of 13. Berrell plays 20-25 at hooker.