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NRL Supercoach 2026: Q+A, who's the Mahoney as Cheese goes off?

The NRL Supercoach hooking position has been thrown into chaos days out from the Vegas opener with hugely owned Rabbitoh Brandon Smith going down injured, so what's the plan at hooker?

Supercoach veteran Tim Williams has his say on stacks of questions from the SC Playbook subscriber community, looks into the hooking position dilemma and the key issues plaguing people before round 1.


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