There definitely was a rift, something before the season started between Clapham and Willy Gerdsen that led to Clapham losing the captaincy had escalated into a team issue
Remember Aaron is not the only player from last season to pull the pin on playing this year.
Canterbury had to go looking for another goalkeeper [at a cost of $$ that I bet the incumbents in any position didn't get offered} after Willy had tried more than a few times to keep last season's two together.
With AC & TB gone, Terris the last of the players that got to the final with Keith and his band of MPL players.
No room for the likes of Chang [average at CCL level at best] in that squad.