A simple enough question ..

Would Inglis have taken that interception try ?

We will never know will we. Once he has played half a dozen games we will hopefully know what GI Can offer the team. As Pricey said, he now has a headache of who to pick. One person who should be definitely in the mix is Mamo, superb this season

Maybe not but hopefully would have the experience and compsure to find the support player.

Drinkwater would probably have chased him down but he would probably still have the imprint of Greg's left hand fend on his forehead. Inglis under the sticks followed by the goanna

Can’t see why not. I don’t think he would have lost too much straight line speed. He was very quick for a big man, let’s hope he gets a chance to prove it soon!

It doesn’t work that way.
The whole structure of the game would be different in preparation and structure and play.
Everything effects everything. We may never have been in a position of defence.

He's trying to say, if inglis had played, the situation may not have even occured.

It's Chaos theory for beginners.


A butterfly flaps its wings in Indonesia, and someone slips and hurts a knee on widnes I-Pitch

Then this is a simple enough answer.

Not really even chaos theory - just basic rugby theory - would Catalan have attacked that side had Inglis been there, or did they perceive the Mamo/Thewlis edge was more vulnerable than the King/Charnley side - swap any of those players out, then the attacking play might have been completely different.

Now Chaos Theory could be more towards, had Inglis been on the pitch his larger frame might have affected the wind vortex of the coin toss, and Wires might have played right to left in the first half etc.......

Thanks, my Ph.D in 'Quantum Rugbylosiphy' was a waste of time

Where's James Burke when you need him.

Isn't an interception try always a thrill?

Nice try matey but you seemed to have overlooked “Stevo’s theory of Momentum”.

Or a sucker punch, depending which end of the scoring you're at.