The Dragons have added Kurt Mann, Rusell Packer Mose Masoe, Dunamis Lui, Siliva Havili Tyrone McCarthy and Sebastine Ikahihifo to their roster for next season and McGregor hinted there is still a few more signings to come.

‘‘I signed in round 24 last year so I had no time to do any recruitment inside the top 25, it was basically from the second tier players,’’ McGregor said.

‘‘Peter [Mulholland] and Benny [Haran] went about their business to get the best possible players who were available and the guys they brought into the organisation did a very good job but there’s no doubt that when you look at the depth of our squad and the age of our squad, it’s much more balanced than it was last year.

‘‘Our forward depth is better than it’s been for a number of years and there’s still a couple more to come in.’’