Quote ="Durham Giant"Could you imagine teams loading the bench with 6 forwards determined to batter their opponents. It would make a physical game even harder as fresher players run and hit harder. More injuries worse for players.
The only way i could see it would be something like in RU where you can replace a specialist wioth another specialist ie 4 on the bench but with 3 others available ie full back and a half back who could only come on to replace injured players .'"
The other way is to return to competitive scrums. This would create a game of different shapes and sizes as props & second rowers would have to bulk up to push in the scrum (but be mobile, like Carl Webb or Keiron Cunningham). That would create a more varied and create game where little men could use skills to exploit gaps without merely running one out from dummyhalf. Benches would need cover for forwards, backs and playmakers.
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