Originally Posted by
DavidBouveng
im not quoting this as gospel, just a theory.
i found that a few guns started form bench this week in some teams.
douglas for us, graham for doggies, and merrin for dragons mainly,
i wonder if its a way of minimising interchanges
if you accept that even though douglas can play 80, carty would prefer him to play 60-65, then to start him, give him a rest, then bring him on costs two interchanges.
bring him on after 20, leave him on, he gets a breather at HT, then plays the match out and you use one less interchange, which we now need considering weve never really needed to use one on rotating a hooker before when friend was here.
im saying its right or wrong, i think mini is best as off bench as well, im just saying there might be a more tactical side to the decision than just loyalty or the poor judgement of thinking minis a better starter than douglas.