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Sub law question

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:04 am
by GogLais
Ulster lost both hookers against Ospreys, reporter in the S Times says that they could have gone uncontested because the sub prop that ended up as hooker was "unfit to hook".
Is that right? I get it that he wouldn't be technically competent but there's no great safety issue in a prop going to hooker surely. Or is there? Idle curiosity.

Re: Sub law question

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:12 am
by JM2K6
GogLais wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:04 am Ulster lost both hookers against Ospreys, reporter in the S Times says that they could have gone uncontested because the sub prop that ended up as hooker was "unfit to hook".
Is that right? I get it that he wouldn't be technically competent but there's no great safety issue in a prop going to hooker surely. Or is there? Idle curiosity.
There is - there's quite different technical demands and with both arms around your props it's very easy to get broken if you don't know what you're doing.