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Nick Cain: Avoid the circus and keep strategy simple

We are told the bench is now the ‘swingometer’ that dictates who wins at international and top club level.
Ben Earl breaks to score England’s first try against Australia yesterday

We are told the bench is now the ‘swingometer’ that dictates who wins at international and top club level.
The rationale is that who comes on after 60 minutes is just as important, if not more important, than who starts. Or so the coaches say.

However, when a game is only 80 minutes long, it is common sense that who starts is crucial, because making up a deficit if you get it wrong at the highest level can be like climbing Ben Nevis barefoot.
Hence the traditional principle that you start with your strongest 15.

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Another perspective is that having eight replacements i...

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