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Message: [QUOTE="KingWebcke, post: 2537286, member: 8372"] I can still see the Cam Smith style of hookers succeeding. hookers who play flat and fast are obviously in vogue right now but there is still a place for dummy halfs who try to engage the marker and who scuttle across field before picking up runners closer to the line. with a lot of teams playing left/right halves, a hooker who runs out of dummy half and plays the ball close to the defensive line can help create space for his outside men. It can be quite important to a team if they don't have backrowers or fullbacks with great passing games. I noticed Melbourne and Wests do that a bit these days. I think the important thing is that if a hooker tries to play that style, you also have to move the ball on quickly at times. That is where McCullough falls down: he tries to emulate Cam Smith 100% of the time, without realising that Cam Smith does vary his style and move the ball quickly when the time is right. [/QUOTE]

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