

“Behind the scenes there has been a push internally for this from within the club,” Hooper said.

Hooper also made staggering claims that Hunt's teammates have been pushing for him to play No.9 for some time. Dragons players want Ben Hunt to play hooker? This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. "Where it is a risky play is as much as Ben Hunt is a genius at dummy-half for Queensland and Australia, at 33 years of age his preference at this point of his career is not to play dummy-half for the remainder of his days in the NRL. 'RIDICULOUS': Joseph Suaalii's 'arrogant' demand comes to lightĭiscussing the situation on NRL 360 on Wednesday night, leading journalist James Hooper said rival clubs in need of a halfback would be keeping tabs on the situation.

STATE OF ORIGIN: Predicted New South Wales team for Game I Sullivan has been named on the bench, while Moses Mbye has retained his spot as starting hooker despite many believing Liddle is the better option. Hunt trained at hooker on Wednesday and looks likely to spend some time at dummy-half so Jayden Sullivan can play halfback. The under-fire coach was widely criticised after he dropped Zac Lomax and Jacob Liddle for the Magic Round clash, but they don't appear to be the only changes. Image: GettyĪnthony Griffin has once again been called into question amid dramas at the Dragons after it emerged on Wednesday that Ben Hunt looks likely to play dummy-half against the Tigers this week. Anthony Griffin is planning on using Ben Hunt at dummy-half for the Dragons.
