Wayne Bennett and Des Hasler have been known to do it quite regularly, infact it took Jamie Buher 2 or 3 games to get on the field for manly off the bench.
How good would it have been if he scored the last try instead of Horo
we're hardly the steam rolling dragons and I'd say Desy has f**ked up a couple of games by not playing a fresh forward for part of games giving others a needed rest.
we were tiring towards the end of that game, comebacks take it out of you - maybe you don't want to chck him in there when the game is on a knife edge, but maybe had he been in there to rest others earlier in the game some guys might have been fresher down the arse end of the game
It is easier in hindsight to make decisions about when to interchange and so on.
Put yourself in DA's shoes. You would not put Te Maari in the first half when your team is getting massacred because of the reasons I mentioned in the earlier post. The aim of DA at the time was to get the team back to a competitive position, not worrying about getting Te Maari a run... DA did that with planned interchange of Fui and Mannah.
I am sure if the game panned out differently, Te Maari would have been introduced a lot earlier.
We often criticise coaches for what they could have done instead of giving credit for what they did.
I reckon Te Maari was only really there as cover for Ben Smith, who obviously has some problems with that knee (?) that saw him miss games and go off halfway through the Cowboys game.
I'd say that Ando would have gone in with the gameplan of playing a 16 man game for the entirety and hopefully would have told Te Maari that he'd be most likely to get a run if someone went off injured. He clearly felt that Kris Keating could be dummy half for the full 80 mins.
maybe they could have brought out some more gym equipment and made it worth his while .... a bit of rowing, maybe some bench presses - might have got the crowd going
Stop giving him a hard time, he's been busting his arse to try and get back into grade and try to modify his off field behaviours. He use to go alright at dogs, at times. And as Oscarman pointed out how many of us would love to pull on the Blue and Gold of the eels.
Hey Staggers what are the chances of him being named in tomorrows team?mate, i don't think it's a dig at lee just the situation he was in, i think all of us aknowledge the hard work this guy has made since he arrived at Wenty and was rewarded with a residents jersey a few weeks back.
I spoke to someone close to the Wenty camp resently who has nothing but praise for the bloke for his attitude and professionalism since he's been there, he actually made special mention of it..
tbh I hope we nut out a deal for him for next year because i think he deserves it.
Stop giving him a hard time, he's been busting his arse to try and get back into grade and try to modify his off field behaviours. He use to go alright at dogs, at times. And as Oscarman pointed out how many of us would love to pull on the Blue and Gold of the eels.