Trout/Spiers/Gledhill cant play any worse than Hickey did on Sunday, so give one of them a shot... Or play Higgins..

Whilst in no way meaning to diminish their will to fight for the cause that's a bit overly dramatic for me. Yes they probably deserve their chance but let's not make martyrs out of em just yet

It's more of an Rugby expression, he means there willing to get involved in the rough and tumble which usually means a bit of blood is shed. I don't think he means Band of Brothers/mafioso type honour stuff

I take the point but I'm not making martyts, if you have watched these guys bleed through the ranks maybe you would understand

You never know! One of these little bleeders may get a chance this week. JK cannot carry on with Hickey this week for another 18 min stint

Thats not far off.

According to James Deighton on Twitter Hickey is doubtful for the weekend.

Can't see his feet to get his boots on?

Leave him out and play Higgins - it's a no-brainer.

I agree.

I'd love to know why Higgins didn't play - Korki we are told is injured but not heard that regarding Hickey. Added to that it was his original club we were playing so added motivation, mind it didn't cause King to break sweat.



Maybe we were just plain woeful end of

It's called Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) the Australians have been doing it for decades and the kids are exposed to it from their very first experiences of sport. By the time they reach early teens their understanding of:

structure,

tactics,

where, when and how to employ tactics,

spacial awareness,

gross motor skill,

fine motor skill

and, maybe most important, the ability to constantly take mental pictures of the location of every player on the field is almost instinctive.



They also practice specificity a lot better than we do meaning players are judged early about their potential to play a certain game and position within that game. They will work on honing the specific skills both physical and mental that allows them to excel in that position but not at the complete expense of learning other skills and other positions.



The result is that just when we think we've got Lockyer and Thurston bottled up, Billy Slaters instincts find a play, then finely tuned motor skills allow him to exploit it, couple that with his team mates reading of what's happening a split second before our players and Australia are down the other end scoring a try.



For Lockyer & Thurston read Langer & Daley, for Slater read Ben Kennedy or substitute Sterling, Lewis & Lindner or Stewart, Fittler and Clyde.



The names change but the system produces players with skill sets that are way in advance of ours.