Quote: NSW "Eckersley on the bench cover basically the entire back line for injuries.
He can jump into the centres or onto the wing.
If a half gets injured, ZE could go fullback and Field into the halves.
And as pointed out if we are in a good position in the game we could take Field off.
All that versatility is better than 10 minutes of Harvie Hill off the bench. (No offence to him but with Thompson/Havard/Ellis who can do 80, plus Walters who can go to prop in a pinch we don’t need 3 props on the bench). Mago and Dupree are enough off the bench.'"
If French is out for a few weeks maybe Peet will consider Keighran at HB and Eckersley at centre?