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Subscriber only AFTER such a promising Barber Cup campaign last season, Ipswich Rangers coach Paul Faapo was hoping to retain a similar group of players. However, like many teams returning after the COVID disruptions, Ipswich s top rugby side has undergone some major off-season changes. We ve had an 80 per cent reshuffle of our backline and probably an 60-70 per cent reshuffle in the forward pack, Faapo said. We ve got new faces this year which is making it a little bit challenging but we ll get there. That was probably one of the biggest things that we were going to have to cross because we knew that a lot of the players from last year were rugby league players (with that sport coming to a halt).