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I didn't think that Rowe was dropped, rather out with an injury and the club decided to bring him back through the NBs... probably hair-splitting/a mute point.

Rowe was a late withdrawal with a back problem.  Not something that would require our best key defender - apart from Henderson  - to come back through the NBs.  A very strange decision to say the least, particularly when an underdone and under performing Menzel was rushed straight back.

I would be more sympathetic if Rowe was left out to give one of the up and coming tall defenders a shot.  Oh! that's right, we don't have any (with apologies to Jacksh who probably should get another game).

If Rowe had've been played, and his back played up on him and had to be subbed in the first quarter....everyone would've gone postal. The club gave him a chance in the 2's to test it out. He got through. Yay.

He'll be back next week.

If Rowe had've been played, and his back played up on him and had to be subbed in the first quarter....everyone would've gone postal. The club gave him a chance in the 2's to test it out. He got through. Yay.

He'll be back next week.

By the way, what's 'gone postal'?  It sounds serious 

Going postal, in American English slang, means becoming extremely and uncontrollably angry, often to the point of violence, and usually in a workplace environment.

The expression derives from a series of incidents from 1986 onward in which United States Postal Service (USPS) workers shot and killed managers, fellow workers, and members of the police or general public in acts of mass murder. Between 1986 and 1997, more than 40 people were gunned down by current or former employees in at least 20 incidents of workplace rage.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-07-14/when-is-a-mark-not-a-mark-afl-umpires-coach-admits-mistakes-were-made-in-tigersblues-clash

He had all week to test it out 

If his back was suspect, he shouldn't have played with the NBs, particularly given the conditions.

By the way, what's 'gone postal'?  It sounds serious 

The NB's played a day later than the seniors. Perhaps that, along with the 50-50 nature of his back, made the difference to playing or not.

Backs are hard to predict and look after. Maybe Thursday night when they did the teams, he was a bit stiff. Maybe he woke up friday and it was much better. Saturday it was fine. Who knows.

The question is, why risk it? What have we got to gain? We are not playing for finals.

That's true, but why risk it in the NBs?

That's true, but why risk it in the NBs?

I don't think Rowe was going too hard DJC, more of a "loosener". He couldn't do that in the seniors.

What was the risk there? If he doesn't feel right, he can sit the whole game out. No harm, no foul.

Its not as if the NBs are going to force him to stay out on the ground.

He spent part of the game playing in the ruck Cookie and that's hardly a 'loosener' for a bloke with a crook back.  I'd be more convinced if he was suffering from 'general soreness' 

I don't think many players were going too hard when the weather turned nasty.