There is some truth in this. The Warriors have had massively imbalanced cap management, which they seem to have finally sorted. This has meant a lack of quality in the forwards and now halfs. This had made it hard for he players around them. I don't believe they have lacked effort. Maybe resilience, or quality when it counts, but not effort. Of the 13 losses this year 7 have been by 6 points or less. Given the complete lack of combinations they have been able to maintain through retched injury luck, I think that is okayish. Only last week against Souths have they had a complete hiding. They don't deserve the 8, but they haven't fallen over either.
RTS is a pin up boy for the NRL where marketing is everything, and one of my favourite players due to effort and some of his silky running skills. If one is to look really hard though you start to ask some questions about his elite qualities. He has won Dally M awards for his metres etc, when you look harder he is something like 14th fullback in the NRL for metres per run. In addition I think he is well beaten by several other fullbacks in the game for support running, link play and distribution. A brilliant wing, particularly pre-ACL, a very good fullback. Not a playmaker. Just my opinion of course, but I am looking forward to 2022.