Defensively Oates made the critical tackle on the centre a few times and one on Milford. The one where Isaako went through he had 2 on 1 and chose the centre again.
tbf kicking to Oates has rarely worked the last the season or two. Oates has been very safe.
the main reason to pick Arthars is that Oates is underdone atm. Needs more games with less pressure on him.
Yep I was relying on my "..." to carry that point for me. I doubt Bellamy learns anything from this too.
i.e. it might not be best to play your smallest, just returned from injury guy in the middle and don't let your big boofhead run around trying to injure people.