Hooker is not going back any time soon. We are three rounds in, and Hooker is doing well as a forward. Also, our defense is looking good too. You don’t abandon a plan that has been worked on all summer unless it is painfully obvious that it is not working (eg. Harry Taylor at CHF).
The beauty of Francis is his ground level play is excellent and yet he is such a big unit he will get serious mismatchs on opposition 3rd defenders for strength/size.
They also cant sag off him to go help out on Hooker/JD as Francis is such a marking threat himself.
I’d like to see how the forward line goes with Stewart alongside Hooker and Daniher before thinking about moving Hooker back, while all the key backs are fighting it out for a spot.
You guys have it all wrong. Francis is the Messiah. He can play anywhere on the footy field. Soon he will be changing the outcome of footy games. He will be the replacement for BJ. Taking grabs at FF then appearing at FB, saving on the last line. Then, like some kind of latter day Hodge, he will run in the midfield and turn the tide.when it is against us… Who knows he might even get to wear a Hodge head band and we will all call him “brave”