by easytiger Wed May 18, 2022 1:59 pm
Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Played 24 minutes in first stint. Came on for Radleys HIA in the 38th minute so only played 2 minutes before swapping back with Radley at start of second half.
No third stint though. Have to assume without the HIA he would have come on for another stint playing 20 minutes or whatever
I don't see why you'd jump to that assumption?
HIA is a free interchange, so you'd assume if Trent wanted to use one of their interchanges to bring him back for an actual second stint he would've...
Ultimately he could've brought Butcher on in the 68th minute for Radley (and given him another 12 minutes), but instead he opted for Fletcher Baker (who somewhat like Butcher had played 25 minutes up to that point).
It's also interesting that the Roosters were down 14-6 when they made that last substitution (Manu scored in the 69th minute)