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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 712924" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>The choice is</p><p></p><p>a) Increased injuries through players not coming off at all</p><p>b) Incentivised cheating due to players only being subbed when injured</p><p>c) Widespread use of substitutes</p><p></p><p>I would suggest that c is the only logical answer.</p><p></p><p>I would also suggest that if people are sensible enough to judge each by their own era, then there is no belittling. Or do people think the likes of Edwards, McBride, Meads et al are belittled by guys with far bigger cap totals due to the enlarged international calender?</p><p></p><p></p><p>People have been wringing their hands about the sport getting dull for more or less as long as I've been following it seriously. It's never really been accompanied by it actually getting dull. I don't want to be blase, but milking the scrum and Rugby League style defences have been in play for a while, and the game is generally still fairly watchable, as much as it was 4 or 5 years ago.</p><p></p><p>The best thing we can do is stop tampering with the thing. Let coaches get the measure of it and come up with attacking strategies that work without changing the rules every 5 seconds. Greenwood, Guscott and BOD all played fair amounts of their careers besides players known more for their physicality than their skill (BOD less than the others obviously) - now we have Smith, Fofana, Joseph and others. The day of centres known for more than sheer power has not yet passed and never will.</p><p></p><p>So, yeah, I'll pass on sharing this concern.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 712924, member: 42330"] The choice is a) Increased injuries through players not coming off at all b) Incentivised cheating due to players only being subbed when injured c) Widespread use of substitutes I would suggest that c is the only logical answer. I would also suggest that if people are sensible enough to judge each by their own era, then there is no belittling. Or do people think the likes of Edwards, McBride, Meads et al are belittled by guys with far bigger cap totals due to the enlarged international calender? People have been wringing their hands about the sport getting dull for more or less as long as I've been following it seriously. It's never really been accompanied by it actually getting dull. I don't want to be blase, but milking the scrum and Rugby League style defences have been in play for a while, and the game is generally still fairly watchable, as much as it was 4 or 5 years ago. The best thing we can do is stop tampering with the thing. Let coaches get the measure of it and come up with attacking strategies that work without changing the rules every 5 seconds. Greenwood, Guscott and BOD all played fair amounts of their careers besides players known more for their physicality than their skill (BOD less than the others obviously) - now we have Smith, Fofana, Joseph and others. The day of centres known for more than sheer power has not yet passed and never will. So, yeah, I'll pass on sharing this concern. [/QUOTE]
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