In focus: Warriors hookers
The dummy-half livewires, industrious defenders and wily ruck conductors to don the Warriors' No.9 jersey.
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Young Wellington hooker Syd Eru supplanted incumbent New Zealand captain Duane Mann at club and Test level during 1995. The injury-prone Eru was the first-choice No.9 until his mid-1999 departure, before Australian recruits – and Warriors Player of the Year recipients – Jason Death and Robert Mears provided outstanding value in the role. Converted half PJ Marsh became Queensland’s hooker and starred in the 2002 grand final charge before a neck injury ended his Warriors tenure.
