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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2678800, member: 1899"] Over time, I've warmed to the idea of playing a utility off the bench. Dex makes a fair point in regards to the concussion ruling. I expect to see that creep up in the Origin period and I'm sure it will have tongues wagging and both sides sweating as they come up with viable alternatives to get them through. If the Maroons brought in a Dylan Napa, how much time would he get? Mal rarely went to his bench in last year's final game. Cherry-Evans (34) and Te'o (39) received about as much game-time as you'd expect a bench player would but the likes of Gillett (23) and Taylor (13) barely made it onto the field. With the likes of McGuire and Lillyman on the bench, I believe the Maroons are well versed and if Napa is to break into the side it's for one of the props already listed. While I find it odd that Michael Morgan dislodged Ben Hunt who was cover for DCE previously, I shouldn't be so shocked. He was 19th man for the final game last year and I'm sure he took a lot of experience out of that camp. I'm sure we'll see him towards the end of the first half when the defensive line is stretched and the physicality of the contest has died down. His role will be to go searching for passes around the ruck and to push up in support when a break is made. It shouldn't be too foreign to the role he plays at the Cowboys and if he can transfer the form he showed against the Broncos and make that extra metre it may just be the difference between series victory and defeat. [/QUOTE]

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