Maligned St George Illawarra halfback Ben Hunt says he has contemplated making a permanent switch to the hooker role. Lured by the Dragons on a $6 million deal as a star halfback, Hunt said he had finally embraced his utility value and would be comfortable playing dummy half in the NRL next year. Hunt will get a chance to impress at hooker for the Prime Minister's XIII clash with PNG at Port Moresby on Saturday.
He may have been troubled by well-documented social media criticism this year but it was advice closer to home that really made an impact on the playmaker after the State of Origin series. The Dragons No.7 said his wife got in his ear about making the switch to hooker permanent after impressing at dummy half off the bench for Queensland in Origin III. "My wife has told me a few times 'why don't you play hooker, you seem to go alright there'," Hunt laughed.
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