hooker

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Italy won two matches in finishing fourth in the table, with their performance reflected in the selection of hooker Giacomo Nicotera, prop Simone Ferrari and centre Tommaso Menoncello.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Jones will have the experienced duo of hooker Amy Cokayne and number eight Alex Matthews as her vice captains.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

It produced another driving line-out try with hooker Lake diving over for a score the captain deserved after his impressive individual campaign.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 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

Then they ain’t nowhere else aboard this unlucky hooker; they’re overboard—that’s where they are—went when the squall struck us and very nigh throwed us on our beam-ends.

From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Piffard, Harold