I actually don't mind going into this game a bit smaller than usual, especially with our lack of decent talls, but we also need a different plan than usual. If we continue to just kick it long and high into our forward (singular) then the North talks will dominate us.
I don't mind going smaller up forward, but we have to have a second ruck option. There are rumours that Goldstein might not be playing, so maybe it might not hurt us as much.
My concern is that in going smaller, I'd like to have seen a bit more grunt added around the packs. I am amazed that Miles wasn't brought in for this game.