Easy to look Good when playing with an average team, Look at O'Driscoll.. Even that said, he clearly is a top tier player. Big ticker and everyone just admires the guy

@@laboonta601 that’s a load of BS m8, it’s easy to stand out but to play better than the majority of the players (for both teams) on the pitch that’s another story altogether

Coming from an All Black fan hell always be my number 2 7 behind Richie but in saying that he's like a distant cousin lmao so theyres no comparison there I feel him and Richie were the same but Richie being from the older generation and Hooper coming in now he's the man basically was on Mccaws level from when they started facing off together but that's why Richie will always be number one he never changed in his playstyle from the early 2000s he continued till 15 years later like dam the consistency in that would've been a hard job

@@kyze-_yt220 from a young wallabies fan I completely agree. Richie McCaw maybe one the best to ever play the game. But through playing and watched Ng rugby I've always loved and admired those type of players like McCaw and Hooper. CONSISTENCY. No matter what the result they are hard grinding players that never let their foot of the pedal and always try to hit the opposition hard and make big plays throughout the game no matter how their team is going

I've seen many great no. 7s.....and he's not in the top 8....

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I think he has the worst % win rate of any Wallabies captain...

Some of Australia's finest

Pocock and Smith were better no. 7s than Hooper

@@1362pc Both those guys were far more effective at the rucks, but hooper's support play, work-rate, speed was phenominal. I put all three on the same level with Pocock my slight favourite for talent.

yeah..too small..in the RWC the big boys will just push him out of the way