Dave K. wrote:
Well the first problem is that Shaul isnt fit and McNamara is.
I'm not talking about this as a long term move, but for the next month or so.
McNamara has a much better skillset than Shaul to play hooker.
You seem to think all you need to play hooker is pace, so why not play Swift there?
Whats the skill set Mcnamara has that Shaul doesnt have to play 9?
Its normally pick the ball up and pass to a first receiver.Any Pro rugby player surely can do that.
Pace is now what the game is all about and some real pace in this area would help our go forward such a lot.
Maybe until Shaul is fit then use Mcnamara in this position but for me he is too similar to Johnstone.
Still maintain its no longer a specialist position and as you have pointed out in your following post Radford used several forwards in this position.The wrong options in my opinion but goes to prove its not specialist and why the hooker position should be officially reclassified as a dummy-half