didds
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I thought Id sorted this in my head but clearly not.
In yesterday's Ireland v Aus game, Australia has.,..
* #2 off fro HIA/concussion
* # 16 then later got YCd.
So at the enxt scrum Aus brought on IIRC #18 - a trained FR but not hooker. The commentators at that juncture suggested this was so they wouldn't lose another player through man off regs and uncontested scrums.
However, it did become uncontested scrums, and Aus did lose a further player to man-off. So were down to 13.
Now that as I understood it FWTW - not a FTE hooker, so uncontested. Thus man off.
But that all said and done - why did Aus bring on a FR to do that? Why nor bring on eg a back row/centre off the bench to play hooker in the uncontested scrums, and benefit frankly from the extra speed etc etc that player would bring?
The one reason i can think of is that that #18 could throw at lineouts, but I didn't notice who threw in (if there was even a chance for that to happen).
So generalising and throwing aside is there anything specific that means it HAD to be a FR come on for the YCd #16 even though it wold still lead to uncontested scrums and man off?
In yesterday's Ireland v Aus game, Australia has.,..
* #2 off fro HIA/concussion
* # 16 then later got YCd.
So at the enxt scrum Aus brought on IIRC #18 - a trained FR but not hooker. The commentators at that juncture suggested this was so they wouldn't lose another player through man off regs and uncontested scrums.
However, it did become uncontested scrums, and Aus did lose a further player to man-off. So were down to 13.
Now that as I understood it FWTW - not a FTE hooker, so uncontested. Thus man off.
But that all said and done - why did Aus bring on a FR to do that? Why nor bring on eg a back row/centre off the bench to play hooker in the uncontested scrums, and benefit frankly from the extra speed etc etc that player would bring?
The one reason i can think of is that that #18 could throw at lineouts, but I didn't notice who threw in (if there was even a chance for that to happen).
So generalising and throwing aside is there anything specific that means it HAD to be a FR come on for the YCd #16 even though it wold still lead to uncontested scrums and man off?