Quote: HamsterChops "Yeah he played at hooker in the two World Cup qualifying games against Spain and Russia back in 2016.
Perhaps Milnes may end up on the bench with a view to playing in the halves and moving Keyes to 9 to give Vila a rest.'"
Seems a good call. These days hooker is really a half with a bit of extra tackling involved, and Keyesy has already shown he doesn't mind putting his head where it hurts. He reminds me in many ways of one of the old stand-offs from years ago, Dave Stockwell, he was of similar build (though he thickened out as he matured) and also used do to far more tackling than was really good for a bloke playing in the halves.