12 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Would've preferred Laurie to be the in.

He's young, we've given him a contract extension, there must be something there Goodwin believes in.

Let's see it

Except we tend to play our subs for 15 minutes anyway.

I think the thinking is probably that Billings will cover the large expanses of Optus better than Laurie.

I think they went Billings for experience. We are already carrying a lot of young players. 
He will undoubtedly be the sub.