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They should just allow 5 on the bench now anyway I reckon. It would reduce the amount of injuries which seem to be on the increase year on year (wonder if there are stats on this?)
 

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They should just allow 5 on the bench now anyway I reckon. It would reduce the amount of injuries which seem to be on the increase year on year (wonder if there are stats on this?)
Or you could do 16 (13+4) with a 17th and 18th man, can choose to activate one.
Can also activate one if you lose a player to significant foul play still.

That way if you lose a half or back early you could grab that guy. It things go well you can just get the forward for a stint in second half
 

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They should just allow 5 on the bench now anyway I reckon. It would reduce the amount of injuries which seem to be on the increase year on year (wonder if there are stats on this?)

I think if you've already lost players to injury than number of HIAs necessary to activate replacement player should drop.

You're right in what your saying Flanno, players being forced to play more minutes to cover injuries, especially from hias, only exacerbates their own chances of suffering one.
 

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I've been an advocate for quite a while now for carrying 6 on the bench and letting the coach pick which 4 he uses depending on what happens in the game.

Aside from the obvious impact injuries can have during games, I don't like the idea of a young player at 19th man sitting out his lower grade game just to take an NRL warm up. It think from a development PoV having your best young players go consecutive weeks without playing is craziness, especially for middles at this point of the season. Obviously Iro and Tuks will play for the Jets today, but having the Cup team play the next day after NRL is not always the case.
 
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Definitely would get abused. Coaches would have a forward on the bench and a utility as 18 and then switch them if the game required it

Well we're not talking about during the game, but you should be able to prior to kick off name a 17.

If a player goes down during warm up you should be able to name your 18th man in their place, its ****ing stupid you can't.

Yeah sure it doesn't happen often but it happens enough.
 

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Well we're not talking about during the game, but you should be able to prior to kick off name a 17.

If a player goes down during warm up you should be able to name your 18th man in their place, its ****ing stupid you can't.

Yeah sure it doesn't happen often but it happens enough.
He didn't go down during warm up, he went down mid game warming up on the sideline to sub on.

Ronnie (18th man) replaced Dugan when he was injured in pre-game warm up, that is allowed (you need to clear it with NRL but never heard of it being denied)
 

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I was at a home game many years ago when one of our players went down in warmup and an announcement over the PA asked for Blayke Ayshford to urgently attend the change rooms as he was the replacement (18th man)

No idea why he wasn't already around the squad and they had to find him

Maybe he was too busy signing jerseys for fans lol :rolleyes:

Don't know if we won that game but I recall fans hearts sinking when they heard the announcement (was bit of a collective groan)

Then again my memory of it not great maybe Ashyford didn't take the field and was just called in to help someone with their hair
 

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He didn't go down during warm up, he went down mid game warming up on the sideline to sub on.

Ronnie (18th man) replaced Dugan when he was injured in pre-game warm up, that is allowed (you need to clear it with NRL but never heard of it being denied)
Ahh got it. I didn't realise it happened during the game
 

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I was at a home game many years ago when one of our players went down in warmup and an announcement over the PA asked for Blayke Ayshford to urgently attend the change rooms as he was the replacement (18th man)

No idea why he wasn't already around the squad and they had to find him

Maybe he was too busy signing jerseys for fans lol :rolleyes:

Don't know if we won that game but I recall fans hearts sinking when they heard the announcement (was bit of a collective groan)

Then again my memory of it not great maybe Ashyford didn't take the field and was just called in to help someone with their hair
I was already feeling **** enough after our effort on the weekend and now you've had to remind me of this muppet!
 
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I was at a home game many years ago when one of our players went down in warmup and an announcement over the PA asked for Blayke Ayshford to urgently attend the change rooms as he was the replacement (18th man)

No idea why he wasn't already around the squad and they had to find him

Maybe he was too busy signing jerseys for fans lol :rolleyes:

Don't know if we won that game but I recall fans hearts sinking when they heard the announcement (was bit of a collective groan)

Then again my memory of it not great maybe Ashyford didn't take the field and was just called in to help someone with their hair
Eating pies
 

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I was at a home game many years ago when one of our players went down in warmup and an announcement over the PA asked for Blayke Ayshford to urgently attend the change rooms as he was the replacement (18th man)

No idea why he wasn't already around the squad and they had to find him
That guy's head annoys the f out of me. Worst Shark of all time.
Players were probably the same and didn't want to see him and told him to f off until he was needed.
 
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