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Given that Pearce will be backing up from SOS (and will make about 40 tackles), is this an opportunity to play him off the bench and maintain the winning combination?
Although Anasta has been hopeless this year, he played well yesterday and showed great vision at times. Do we give the Carney / Anasta combo another shot?
With Pearce on the bench, we can drop Piggy and let Pearce give Friend a break from dummy half. We can also bring him on in the halves when the teams get tired - giving Anasta a break.
I think Pearce would be dangerous coming off the bench. He would have more spark. He is usually flogged after doing a mountain of defence. He can also come on in either the halves or dummy half - giving Smith more tactical options. It would also mean he can play 30 minutes rather than the full game to keep him fresh after backing up from origin.
Although Anasta has been hopeless this year, he played well yesterday and showed great vision at times. Do we give the Carney / Anasta combo another shot?
With Pearce on the bench, we can drop Piggy and let Pearce give Friend a break from dummy half. We can also bring him on in the halves when the teams get tired - giving Anasta a break.
I think Pearce would be dangerous coming off the bench. He would have more spark. He is usually flogged after doing a mountain of defence. He can also come on in either the halves or dummy half - giving Smith more tactical options. It would also mean he can play 30 minutes rather than the full game to keep him fresh after backing up from origin.
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