Smithers99 wrote:Does the short term loan of Reiss Butterworth suggest Sam Davis is injured, or are we just looking at depth in the position with Bill Leyland out for the season and Dean Parata unavailable to cover as he's now out..
I ask as Davis went off with ten minutes left to be replaced by Macani. Oli then effectively moved to Hooker. Maybe tactical or we simply ran out of options. With Williams replacing Jones a couple of minutes later, the only player available (fresh enough) on the bench was Rogers which would have overloaded the team with Props.
I'm probably reading too much into it. I guess second to Prop it can be the most physically tiring position, so hard to play the full 90. Whilst he was replaced like for like against at St.Helens by Matt Davies, against Catalans it was Jordan Williams replacing him, and the Macani at Hull.
With just three foreign players (and only one in the forwards) available tomorrow, we aren't helping ourselves.
I’m guessing he doesn’t feel Davies is ready although I thought he did well as did the commentator. I think Davis had a knock at the start of the year and he’s also been picking up quite a few penalties so it’s possible he wants to be able to give him a bit of a rest and give him some competition for the post.