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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 979389" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Yeah, but that was already tried in the past, and it didn't work. There was a time where many props were on the bench to cover both loosehead and tighthead, and then came on depending on which prop gets injured first, but it didn't really work as the other prop then later on also had to go off, and then it lead to uncontested scrums.</p><p></p><p>The issue to remember is that the subs bench was increased from 7 to 8 in order to force all teams to have 2 props and a hooker on the bench because these players take the most strain in a game. It would be severely counterproductive to limit the substitutions to only 5 as it would IMHO cause more injuries and fatigue than before. There are already so many games in the year and we see coaches everywhere talking about too many games being played in a season and that the players are getting injured more often. Now limiting the subs to 5 would just increase these injuries and then the issue of depth will become an issue again. And then we'll hear that WR isn't taking the players safety seriously and that test caps are being cheapened because coaches are forced to cap more players just because of injuries.</p><p></p><p>We really don't need to restart that cycle again...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 979389, member: 40658"] Yeah, but that was already tried in the past, and it didn't work. There was a time where many props were on the bench to cover both loosehead and tighthead, and then came on depending on which prop gets injured first, but it didn't really work as the other prop then later on also had to go off, and then it lead to uncontested scrums. The issue to remember is that the subs bench was increased from 7 to 8 in order to force all teams to have 2 props and a hooker on the bench because these players take the most strain in a game. It would be severely counterproductive to limit the substitutions to only 5 as it would IMHO cause more injuries and fatigue than before. There are already so many games in the year and we see coaches everywhere talking about too many games being played in a season and that the players are getting injured more often. Now limiting the subs to 5 would just increase these injuries and then the issue of depth will become an issue again. And then we'll hear that WR isn't taking the players safety seriously and that test caps are being cheapened because coaches are forced to cap more players just because of injuries. We really don't need to restart that cycle again... [/QUOTE]
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