no mention of a replacement so presumably a full salary saving, unless this opens the opportunity for Evans to come back. We could cope with one half-back going, and if Gale being made vice captain is any indication of how hes been training, Sammut would perhaps be the better option financially and team wise. Carvell is the one I least want to leave but fear the most will. But whatever gets us to 12th is fine by me.
Of course tg will count this as one of his five, though its surprising he didnt say in his "5 leaving" post only yesterday that it would be announced today that Winterstein was leaving. But hey, we all knew this was brewing, because thats what happens to Aussies who stay at home injured, tho credit to Frank for not whinging unlike certain predecessors.