Quote NSW="NSW"Gutted about Toulouse. What was going to be a very difficult task now seems impossible.
They are a certainty to go down with Leigh or Fev replacing'"
While it isn't ideal for them to lose Ford so close to the season starting he was unproven at SL level and they do have Gigot and Albert to play in the halves, both of whom have played in SL already, in the case of Gigot to a good standard. Promoted teams are always up against it anyway and I think the impact of Ford leaving may be less than people expect. If they lose more from the squad it will hit them but I don't think Ford going will doom them on its own.