alien
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The way I see it, Sutton has always struggled with a full 80. Take him off around the 55 minute, put a fresh Chricton on. His injection will be great at this point in the game. Come the 70th minute take turner off, by then he has done is work, and put out a refreshed Sutton who can use his guile and experience in the final stages of a game. To do that cost 2 interchanges, which combined with the 4 prop rotations is 6. That would leave 2 more for injuries, possibly give Sam a rest or maybe make an extra prop change. That's why I'd prefer cook not on the bench, as they are wasted interchanges when Farah is clearly a better hooker and can easily play 80
Maybe Sam Burgess goes off after around 30 minutes (replaced by Clark). Around the 50th minute, Sam Burgess replaces Sutton. Maybe Clark then moves to the second row, and Sam Burgess moves to lock.