I thought Bailey picked up an injury in the warm up for the cup game, hence his exclusion from the 17? Of course, the seriousness or otherwise of the injury could also be open to conjecture.

I thought Bailey was impressive last night.

More + than -

Great energy levels, keen in defense and made some yards.

Thought he was a lot better last night - enthusiastic in defence (including on one occasion going across the face of three defenders from marker to get involved in a tackle), doesn't miss many first up tackles and made ground when he took the ball in.

Does need to eliminate the attempt to hit and spin which sees him backing into tackles at times given how infrequently he actually offloads.

Have you changed this view since last night ?

No, not really. Last night Lauitiiti was pretty effective playing on the right but he is a naturally left sided player IMO. He was forced to play on the right for an unusually long (for him) spell given the unfortunate circumstance of Jones-Buchanan's injury and he did the job very well.

It's a bit like playing Keith Senior on the right, he'd still be effective but not as effective as he is on the left.