Quote: Raggytash "These are the backup hookers from the teams that finished above us. Out of interest, which ones would people on here be happy with if they signed for us? I shouldn't really include Wigan or Saints, because neither operate with a backup hooker and don't really spell their hookers. Clearly Cunningham and Wane are just as woeful coaches as Radford.
Leeds - Rob Burrow
Saints - No-one/Matty Fozard
Wigan - Sam Powell
Huddersfield - Kruise Leeming
Wire - Brad Dwyer
Castleford - Paul McShane, but probably Milner soon.
I think Houghton's fatigue in games is massively over exaggerated, and I wouldn't want a large chunk of cap taken up with a reserve hooker that might play 20 minutes a game. I'd have liked to have kept Cunningham, but in his absence I'd be quite happy with a hooker from the youth team, or one of our junior halves to cover the position.'"
I agree, and with our obsession in following all things Australian, then it is likely we will be reducing the number of substitutions next year. Perhaps the days of having the luxury of a specialist second hooker on the bench are coming to an end.
