The more I think about it the more I think you’re right Maria. Even though I don’t think Ogden or To’omaga deserve to be anywhere near our top 17 - they should’ve played under the circumstances yesterday.
You couldn’t have picked a worse fixture than yesterday’s to grant 3 young blokes their debut, which should be a special occasion. Unfortunately yesterday was always going to be the opposite of special. A hiding was always guaranteed, and they also played without a crowd in, robbing them of the chance to live out their childhood dream in front of their friends and families in the flesh. It was definitely a very questionable call to play them when they could’ve run with To’omaga, Ogden and Lewis/Dietz, and saved the young blokes’ debuts for a better day.
All 3 of them looked absolutely dejected in their post-game interviews. I felt for them