Quote: Rogues Gallery "You must be a psychologist.
I've watched Hock since he was about 15 or 16 years of age and have never seen him feared of anyone. He and Ryan Bailey took on the all conquering Aussie schools pack at academy level and left them in tears (Mike Gregory was England academy coach at the time)
His problem has always been self control. I watched the game down at my mams and when Masoe took Dobson out you just knew that Hock would go looking for him and he didn't miss. Endless coaches have tried but you'll never change him.
In many ways it's a pity because we all saw in that first twenty minutes what a handful he can be.
I guess he's looking at another three or four match ban from last night and it's quite deserved.'"
I agree I don't think Hock would be scared of anyone.
I texted Dux last night and said that I expected to see Mose go for Hock early on, I thought that might have been a factor in him starting. I've seen both Mose and LMS make a point of going for Hock and whilst he may not back down, it seems easy to distract him from his effective game.
Given how devastating he could be, giving him a bit of attention to put him off is a no-brainer (just like Gareth).