Well I strongly agree about the substitutions, the game would surely be improved by a reduction in them.

I have a much higher opinion of Rob Burrow than you do, though. Even now I'd be happy to see him in a Wigan shirt (not that there's any chance of that happening).

Thanks for the kind words.

Yes I do agree that MMc should do the full 80. Certainly no need for a hooker on the bench

I am with Moto about Burrow. He almost single handedly won the 2011 (I think) GF against Saints. He still puts the fear of bejaysus up me when he comes on!!

Powell was much better today after a shaky opening.

Was that the game where he ran down the left wing, threw a dummy, and the defender nearly ended up in the stands? So funny!

Maybe he's leaving due to the likely reduction in interchanges from 10 to 6.
They will still go with three props/back row so who will the fourth be?
Perhaps they are looking at a half who can play a number of positions be it 6,7 & 9.
Maybe the specialist 9 off the bench is going to be redundent when the reduction come into force?

Aren't there rumours it is going to come down? If so I think 80 min hookers will be back in fashion pretty quick.

Yes and as Father Ted points out, the presence of utility players to cover more positions will likely rise amongst the subs as there would be little point in naming four props/backrowers on the bench with only 6 substitutions.

It would help too (and this is a bugbear of mine) if the same damned rules were used in every competition.