Quote: batleyrhino "Most teams attack left to right due to the relative ease of passing that way. In that case you’d want your best defenders on your right, meaning Mom is 3 & Harry is 4.'"
One of them isn't correct. You'd be putting your weaker defender on their left, facing the attackers right. Or am I misreading?
Instead of putting the two stronger defenders (Fusi and Mom) on one side, and the two weaker defenders (Newman and Handley) on the other, I'd mix them up.
I can't find stats on Super League, but this seasons NRL stats show that the percentage of tries scored per area are 36.5% for left channel, 24% for middle, 39.5% for right channel. So there isn't that much in it.
Some clubs have bigger percentages one way, and some others, which obviously depends on players and playing style.
I'm sure Rohan has better access to relevant stats though, and will know on a team by team basis which sides needs an emphasis on defence.