Buchanan Injury

[SimonH]

Are you guys serious?? Take one of our best players off to give a young guy a break?? Do you think this is some sort of amateur park competition?

Can see both points of view. BBBH is structurally so important that there's a valid argument for playing him at 90% fitness. But as the numbers of players who aren't-quite-fit-but-near-enough taking the park mount, the team starts getting vulnerable and the fully-fit few can't carry the partly-fit many.

If he's 100% clear, no questions, no probs, then of course he should play. But if it's really 'well, there's no structural damage, I'm basically okay, still a bit of a niggle but I'm sure I can run it out', then I'd rather see him rest it until it's truly 100%, and give Moore or another bloke a run.

[ScottH]

Can see both points of view. BBBH is structurally so important that there's a valid argument for playing him at 90% fitness. But as the numbers of players who aren't-quite-fit-but-near-enough taking the park mount, the team starts getting vulnerable and the fully-fit few can't carry the partly-fit many.

If he's 100% clear, no questions, no probs, then of course he should play. But if it's really 'well, there's no structural damage, I'm basically okay, still a bit of a niggle but I'm sure I can run it out', then I'd rather see him rest it until it's truly 100%, and give Moore or another bloke a run.

Precisely, I'd prefer if there is any doubt, leave him out. We don't want to risk any further injury and loosing him for a longer period of time.

[ROK Lobster]

If he's 100% clear, no questions, no probs, then of course he should play. But if it's really 'well, there's no structural damage, I'm basically okay, still a bit of a niggle but I'm sure I can run it out', then I'd rather see him rest it until it's truly 100%, and give Moore or another bloke a run.

I think that the examples of Crouch and LRT are pertinent to your point Simon.

[NMWBloods]

There are very few players in our side so essential that they should play injured (a major advantage for us), so if someone is injured I'd prefer to see them recover with a week or so off rather than aggravate the injury significantly (such as Crouch or LRT as ROKL has pointed out).

[Jeffers1984]

Give Bucky a rest i say. We don't want Roos to fall in the Rodney Eade trap of playing under done players.

[RogueSwan]

Give Bucky a rest i say. We don't want Roos to fall in the Rodney Eade trap of playing under done players.

a trap Grant Thomas fell into a couple of years back, just before a preliminary final IIRC.