There was a heap of player movement during the Shute Shield ‘silly season’ over summer and after five rounds, we’ve started to see a number of players impress in new colours.

Here are the top 10 recruits at this point of the season.

Tom Smith - Norths

Scottish lock Tom Smith has made a tremendous start to his Shute Shield career at North Sydney Oval and has added more energy to an already impressive Shoremen pack.

Smith has made the second most tackles of any player across the competition, only behind teammate Gary Bautz, and is strong at lineout time both in attack and defence.