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6:2 I feel works well under very specific conditions (namely an extremely attractional forwards battle) and relies on no injuries. 5:3 is much more general and offers more flexibility and cover for injury at the cost of 1 less fresh forward.
I don't think the bomb squad won the game for SA, they won because of scrum dominance and their tries came from their backs. The bomb squad had no impact on the scrum, that was the SA starters and they also had minimal impact on the 2 wingers tries. Ultimately it was Jones making the wrong call particularly on Makos fitness (spotting a trend here? The guy has changed nothing in 2 years) but on grossly underestimating how much force England would need to put into the breakdown and carrying. We kept sending 1 out runners right at the big SA forwards and were then surprised when it didn't work.
I think 6:2 is overhyped, unless your forwards are dead on their feet, it won't impact the game whilst you open yourself up to all sorts of problems if you are unlucky with injuries. However any subs bench is only as good as it's use. Jones in particular has got into a mentality of barely trusting many of his subs and no longer fully utilises the bench. When he first came on the scene he made fantastic use of it and it had a defined role in the overall gameplan. Now it feels like Jones only ever uses anyone outside the starting 15 because to not do so would be complete suicide rather than having any real plan for them.
I don't think the bomb squad won the game for SA, they won because of scrum dominance and their tries came from their backs. The bomb squad had no impact on the scrum, that was the SA starters and they also had minimal impact on the 2 wingers tries. Ultimately it was Jones making the wrong call particularly on Makos fitness (spotting a trend here? The guy has changed nothing in 2 years) but on grossly underestimating how much force England would need to put into the breakdown and carrying. We kept sending 1 out runners right at the big SA forwards and were then surprised when it didn't work.
I think 6:2 is overhyped, unless your forwards are dead on their feet, it won't impact the game whilst you open yourself up to all sorts of problems if you are unlucky with injuries. However any subs bench is only as good as it's use. Jones in particular has got into a mentality of barely trusting many of his subs and no longer fully utilises the bench. When he first came on the scene he made fantastic use of it and it had a defined role in the overall gameplan. Now it feels like Jones only ever uses anyone outside the starting 15 because to not do so would be complete suicide rather than having any real plan for them.