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Best hooker in our top 25 - excluding KP and CK

Posted by Wile E. Coyote on April 11, 2017 at 1:53pm

Gutherson, Scott, Brown, Taka have all been suggested.Which top 25 player would be our best option at 9 - specialist hookers excluded.Do they need to be short and quickDo they need to be strong and able to dominate the ruckDo they need to be able to count? I mean it's 50:50 choice anyway and even a broken clock is right twice a dayWhat about Mau, Mannah or Matagi or Terepo?

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Big Dave April 11, 2017 at 1:57pm

Robson. Strong one on one defender, has experience playing hooker at NRL (with our club and other clubs), can kick from dummy half and will give clean, quick, good ball off the deck. Yes, he lacks a running game out of dummy half but so does IDG, Kaysa and King. Robson is the 4th best option. Edwards to share the role with Robson (60 minutes Robson; 20 minutes Edwards).
- T-REX > Big Dave April 11, 2017 at 2:09pm
  
  Injured. Moving on.
- JohnnyGunn > Big Dave April 11, 2017 at 3:53pm
  
  Not to mention too slow
- Perpetual Motion > Big Dave April 12, 2017 at 12:32am
  
  Case well made.
Hamish April 11, 2017 at 2:32pm

Obviously Gutherson. Probably a top 3 hooker in the NRL.
Camo73 April 11, 2017 at 2:47pm

I reckon Fogarty would do well at 9. I think I'm on my own there though.
- Ofla > Camo73 April 11, 2017 at 3:57pm
  
  Fogarty is very quick and has a good passing game. It's time to give him a go I think.
- Camo73 > Camo73 April 11, 2017 at 4:02pm
  
  And he kicks goals!
- Nitram > Camo73 April 11, 2017 at 6:54pm
  
  How does he go leading from the front in d and dictating/controlling the line speed?
JohnnyGunn April 11, 2017 at 3:54pm

I agree Hamish I think gutho would do well at hooker