Or, perhaps, they might have lost by bigger margins had he not played.
The Australian team went on to win this test by the biggest margin in history.
We should have beaten these guys by a big margin.
"Eighteen is a big margin because of the way they play defense," he said.
He won again in 1886, by an even bigger margin.
"We want a big margin of safety, because if something goes wrong, the business will have staying power."
It was one of the biggest margins the Soviet team had ever lost by in an official game.
Even if they win by a big margin, their time deficit is still huge.
These are not big margins we're talking about, and our efforts definitely made a difference.
It was the biggest margin they have overcome in their history.