Quote: ninearches "For some reason Ratchford was replaced by Nicholson as 18th man according to commentator.'"
Clerical miscommunication.
Nicholson was always 18th man.
He was the standby in case Currie’s missus went into labour.
Ratchford wasn’t particularly ideal to cover for that scenario, although he’d stick his hand up and would have had a go.
But Ratchford is only around 14 to 14.5 stone.