I know but at the start of the HEC, SKY were bringing out the old second string excuse for the EDF Energy Cup's utter onesidedness. Then of course results carried into the HEC.
I said it was a second string from both sides. The main point is that those players will be first teamers with only a few injuries. Bar one or two notable performances they will struggle if they had anything like the injury problems we tend to have in the NH (admittedly this is less likely since they play half as many games down south).