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We desperately need an interhcnage hooker for next year.
I honestly can't see John Morris being rotated between 5/8 & Hooker during the course of a match. The idea is laughable. If Smith wants him to be 5/8 next year then he needs to be an 80 min 5/8. He needs to focus all his energies and attention on becoming a top 5/8 and developing/sharpening the skills required to do so. He needs to work hard in the offseason on his kicking and passing game and he should only be focusing on dominating in one position, and one position only, 5/8.
Lee Hopkins must be our interchange hooker, rotating with Riddell. Lee is a complete clubman and he loves the Parramatta club to death. To cut him loose now would be a real shame. We really don't have many hooking options at the club and Hopkins played very well in the position when called upon last year. Consider him a poor man's Riddell. I remember he had a blinder for us at hooker in a home game against the Warriors last year, a game which we won in the dying seconds. Lee was a big reason we won that game scoring a try and setting up another. I really like this bloke, he's all heart.
I just don't see any better options on the open market as far as interchange hookers are concerned. Especially when you consider that Lee would be the sort of bloke who would stay with the club for little money. How many other players will you pick up that give you their heart and soul week in week out and are willing to give it their all for the Parramatta jersey? His form is just starting to come good again after sitting out alot of the early part of the year with a fractured cheekbone.
I realy hope we re-sign him.
I honestly can't see John Morris being rotated between 5/8 & Hooker during the course of a match. The idea is laughable. If Smith wants him to be 5/8 next year then he needs to be an 80 min 5/8. He needs to focus all his energies and attention on becoming a top 5/8 and developing/sharpening the skills required to do so. He needs to work hard in the offseason on his kicking and passing game and he should only be focusing on dominating in one position, and one position only, 5/8.
Lee Hopkins must be our interchange hooker, rotating with Riddell. Lee is a complete clubman and he loves the Parramatta club to death. To cut him loose now would be a real shame. We really don't have many hooking options at the club and Hopkins played very well in the position when called upon last year. Consider him a poor man's Riddell. I remember he had a blinder for us at hooker in a home game against the Warriors last year, a game which we won in the dying seconds. Lee was a big reason we won that game scoring a try and setting up another. I really like this bloke, he's all heart.
I just don't see any better options on the open market as far as interchange hookers are concerned. Especially when you consider that Lee would be the sort of bloke who would stay with the club for little money. How many other players will you pick up that give you their heart and soul week in week out and are willing to give it their all for the Parramatta jersey? His form is just starting to come good again after sitting out alot of the early part of the year with a fractured cheekbone.
I realy hope we re-sign him.
