In my opinion, that's a myth
When I played myself I would have been one of the ones likely to pull out of a challenge. Not once did I ever suffer a serious injury
Prompting one of my team mates to scream at the top of his voice...... ''Put a ****ing tackle in ya wee ****in skinny *******''...
I disagree, I think it would definitely have been mentioned and I agree that if we were playing in the League it wouldn't be mentioned but in a competition we are not really prioritising then I am certain it would be taken into consideration. Arguably, injuries last year could have cost us...
The one thing you forgot to mention was that they would have been told '' try not to pick up any injuries '' - Not an excuse for a shit performance but at the very least a mitigating circumstance.