newgroundb4cas wrote:
Rocky or Reynolds and wood interchange. Wood a massive bonus to bring on giving him the full 80 will kill the impact
An 'impact' hooker only really has that impact behind a dominant pack. The reduction of interchanges is designed to make particulary large packs like ours less dominant and as such the influence of the little men at the back of them is reduced whether they are fresh or not. Having an extra big man on the bench is likely to mean our pack can retain some extra dominance and Wood could keep the same influence throughout the game.
The only other way i would do it is to start with Crowther for the first 20-25 mins to soak up some juice out of the opposition forwards then switch him to the back row when Wood comes on for the rest of the game. That way we retain the extra forward in the 17.