Another little quirk that's been pretty persistent this season is the token, backup 4th bench spot that we hardly if ever use, even in the face of adversity. By half time we were down to 15 "fit" players… we have 2 guys who are backing up from Origin 2 days prior, we're down to a 2 man bench but effectively playing with a 1 man bench, Lussick gets 6 minutes to cover someone.
I don't get it. Does the coaching staff love adversity? I can understand if your team is firing and demolishing teams, then yeah 4th spot may not need to be out there, but our guys are clearly fatigued, falling off tackles. Is it an aim to establish resilience for the future DNA?