But that's what I mean, it doesn't make sense. Why not just bring Moa on for Radford and avoid the unnecessary re-jigging of the side for a spell? Even if you're going to move a backrower to prop, why not do it with Fitzgibbon and simply put Westerman at loose forward? That said the entire problem could be avoided if we just abandoned the Fitzgibbon at 13 gubbins.

I also happen to think that Lauaki looks more dangerous in the 2nd row and would rather see him there than prop.

maybe because then you have Moa and Luaki in the middle and it could create gaps ?

Sorry, I don't know what you mean there.

Mean Luaki came on for Ogre, if Moa comes on for Radford then you have 2 impact players on who if caught side by side in defense could cause a weak link against agile players up the middle.

To be honest i think Tickle will move up into the front row in a year or 2 anyways

But we still had both Lauaki and Moa at prop at the same time tonight doing it the long way round, our substitions weren't done to avoid that.

As I say though, I personally wouldn't have Lauaki at prop, I'd have him in the back row rotating mainly with Manu. Fitzgibbon should be spelling with Radford at prop, to go with the O'Meley/Moa pairing.

Moa was limping a little when he went off it seemed to me.

Did you miss Luaki, Moa, Obst interplay down the middle for the try?

Think O'meley was carrying an injury his 2nd spell when he went off he was limping

Thought it was a strange thing to bring on Lauaki and Moa 5 mins before half time. We're terrible at letting in tries during that period and as well as these two not being as strong defensively as Radders and Ogre they have to get up to speed straight away. We were under pressure defending our line at the time as well. As it happens no harm done.

Your are right about the impact players being on the pitch at the same time, tbh I think Lauaki is being used at prop just due to us having plenty of backrowers.

And doing well, I think.

Hame came on about 10 minutes before Moa.

I agree that's probably why he's there, but I still don't personally see it as the best option when one of those backrowers is Fitzgibbon. The far more sensible way to do it IMO is:

Props:
O'Meley starting, Moa replacing
Fitzgibbon starting, Radford replacing

2nd row of Tickle and Manu starting, Lauaki replacing

Westerman at loose forward.

The exact same players, but all in their strongest positions (IMO) instead.