Quote: Last Son of Wigan "Farrell is his direct replacement. Hansen was a starter and Faz on the bench, this naturally is a direct comparison when other factors like mins on the pitch and starts come into play.
Tuson only has 6 appearances to his name, his minutes are going to be vastly less.
Faz is the direct comparison, and as you can see is performing better. But you are naturally entitled to your opinion.'"
Faz isn't a replacement for Hansen, he's a teammate playing at just as high a level in the same squad week in, week out. If the subs bench in RL worked the way it did in football, then maybe you'd have a point. But in Rugby League, the 4 on the bench are just as much a part of the squad for the game as the 13 who start on the field.
If you roughly half HH's stats seeing as he'd played 11 compared to Tuson's 6, he still performs consistently better.
And Madge made 2 changes to the 17 the week after Hansen got injured. Joel and Harrison out, Tuson and Goulding in. Surely that's the definition of DIRECT replacement? Or am I missing something?
