I would say that there's probably 2 sides to each of these too, not just coaching staff wanting the best players on the parkmorley pie eater wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:59 amMuch as I'm hugely impressed by Matt Peet and our coaching staff, the one area I question their approach is on managing players with injuries. Ethan Harvard, Mike Cooper, Kruise Leeming, Liam Byrne (last season) are just some examples.nathan_rugby wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:00 amDoes make you wonder whether he was brought back to early and questioning why he was sent back on?
For Cooper it was his 1st and last chance to play in a game as big as the WCC. He has probably bust his b******s off since his injury to get back for this game (certainly the off season after we won the GF). He probably was back a month early, and not really built up his game time with reserve game time. I think the more critical decision was to put him back on last week, rather than him starting the game
Leeming i'm not sure, but he certainly didnt look good when he came off at Cas. Again probably seen the game and declared himself fit?
Havard last year for the GF was a case of he'd done the same v Wire earlier in the season and they were hoping for the same. It was clear from his 1st hit up he wasnt fit and i think that was a bad decision in the end