The only issue I have with this, is I don't want to be gifting players games. Dew seems to have instilled a belief in the team that you need to earn your place, regardless of name/age/draft pick. If the selection committee decide that he isn't up to it for this game, then he shouldn't be playing. However, feel free to take him to Adelaide, perhaps as the travelling emergency.Yep to both of these. Brodie had earned another go for sure.
And if anyone thinks we are out of the retention woods yet, they're way overconfident. Little things like a homecoming match for Lukosius (and leaving him down there for a few extra days) will go a long way to messaging our care for him. He's more important long term than the minimal short term gain of replacing him this week.
Also, he may be filling a role that Dew and the coaches love that we aren't seeing, and they may want to keep him in on merit.