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Whether it was voted in or not made very little difference to the Eagles. We have 8 or 9 every week, and usually a player volunteers to be rested. I suppose it does now mean that everyone can get a game, because I severely doubt our captain would go down the route of playing 5 twice and dropping the others.

However, it has become noticable in recent years that the majority of teams in Div 1 are struggling to get players. Being able to fulfil a fixture with just 5 players must be a good thing. If one team stays in the league when they would have folded its done its job.