The task is to pick your best 22 but it also important to realise teams rarely have their best 22 available in the same week.Interesting seeing injury prone players in our best 22. Some will never get there unfortunately and they will be forgot, myth like, when we actually win a flag without them
My rule of thumb is to expect 3 or 4 of best 22 missing at any point in time so it really important to have a strong 26 at minimum because my 26th best player is going to be playing most weeks.
Newman is a perfect example. If we had no injuries I probably not have him in my 22 but he one of first emergencies I'd want for backline so he ends up playing virtually every week anyway. If only have one or two of best 22 out, it awesome, but of it 5 or more it starts to suck.
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