Hoffman starts or won't be in the squad at all. Specialist left-side forward in the starting team for organising the defence on his side of the field, just like Scott on the right. They don't have the impact to come off the bench and would be a waste of one or two interchange spots.
If Bird comes into the team as the left-side forward, Hoffman will be the one to completely miss out, i reckon.
having Williams in the squad and using him as a middle forward as Daley did in Game 1 was/is a gamble. Daley obviously sent him out with the agenda of standing and offloading in tackles and creating second phase play. It was effective when he was on in Game 1 but you're never going to get big minutes out of T-Rex in that role and we didn't. He won't have the stamina to last in the middle, but it's obvious Daley doesn't expect him too. If he can use his size to draw defenders and offload thus creating space and generating another phase of play, then that puts QLD on the back foot and adds to their fatigue.
