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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3630847, member: 1899"] I'd like to think I was a hooker in a prop forward's body. I played League in Grade 6 and 7 before graduating to a Rah Rah school. I signed up for League at U/16s but only played a handful of games. Despite my love for the sport, I just didn't take it that seriously and played it out of enjoyment. Still, my appreciation for the game grew after playing U/16s. I thought props just had to run hard, tackle hard and have a screw loose. I thought when Webby and Bulla carted the ball up, they were happy to sit back for the rest of the set knowing the work was done. I didn't realise there was a technique to running like a prop forward, the value of decoys, running different lines, timing your runs, positioning etc.. Once you're on the field, there really is nowhere to hide and there's always something you should be doing for your team. Whether it's acting as a support runner, running a decoy or getting into position to run a shape if you're sucking in the big ones you're letting the team down. Always wanted to be a dummy half, but didn't have the fitness, the body or the massive chip on my shoulder to make it work. I just loved the idea of generating momentum, manipulating the ruck and setting things in motion for your halfback. Used to do extras on my dummy half passes and coming in from different angles. I was just a depth forward in U/16s so had to know my place in the team. Think there was only ever one occassion where I got a go and it's been so romantacised in my memory that I remembered we scored off the back of it. Then again, the only other memory I have of that specific game was rushing over to my family on the sidelines to get score updates on the Broncos - my priorities weren't quite there. [/QUOTE]

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