hooker

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But hooker Nathan Jibulu has been a bright point in an underwhelming campaign.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Italy eventually responded with a try from replacement hooker Di Bartolomeo with Wales replacement prop Griffin shown a yellow card for a cynical offence.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

England's line-out wobbled badly against the Irish, however, and hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie, another to be withdrawn before the interval, pays the price with Jamie George coming back into the starting line-up.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Ofa Tu'ungafasi moves to loosehead prop while Kurt Eklund comes in at hooker, and lock Sam Darry returns to the starting XV after missing last week's match following a head knock.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The vessel which had run down the hooker was, I found, H.M. brig of war Osprey, commander Hartland, on her passage home from the North American station.

From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald