If only someone had mentioned this before.

Heremia brings speed from the ruck when defences are tiring..
Houghton i feel should always start as his defensive work rate helps withstand the early pressure teams throw at us.

Had them both on last night whilst we only had one prop on the field which truly dumbfounded me! Totally defeated the object of having 2 hookers on with no go forward!

probably because Gentle didn't want all our forwards playing big minutes, and rightly so

I don't see how it could work any other way, houghton is a quality hooker and his work rate is unreal. Azzer then comes on later and adds a bit of zip and unpredictability.