My daughter’s a hooker…but it’s not what you think… She’s on the BYU Women’s Rugby team. Hookers are sorta like the center in football. There’s no real close analogy, but she’s in the front of the forwards, in the middle of the action. She’s a really sweet kid, but when she gets on a field of battle (in whatever sport it is) she becomes something of a red-headed monster.
She was playing flanker before, which is sorta like a cross between a linebacker and a tight end, but again, there’s no real good analogy. Now she’s moving into the front line where she can do more damage.
BYU women’s rugby team finished fourth in the nation last year, but didn’t attend playoffs due to not wanting to play games on Sunday. I think they are scheduled differently this year so we’ll see…
Side note — I played rugby at BYU 24 years ago. Whitney is a much better player than I ever was.