Hmmm. Not sure how wise it is to have Minikin on the bench rather than Holroyd or Whitehead. We shall see.

I would have thought there was enough utility experience in Thewlis, Mata'utia, Ratchford and Ashton, who can all play full back and anywhere in the threequarters. Currie and Nicholson can both fill in at centre as needed.

I would have thought Whitehead would have earned that bench spot. Happy to be proven wrong though.

Powell often had a random back on the bench at Cas.

they had injuries

Cas had injuries? I didn't hear about those.