The hooker’s formula as captain is relationships and he is even known to spend some of his days off on the phone talking with NRL teammates
arry Grant is elusive: just ask opposition front rowers. The Melbourne and Queensland hooker has scurried, slipped and scooted out of dummy half more than any other player this season, and for linebreaks is in the NRL’s top 40 – an elite club largely filled with outside backs.
Prop Josh King – who is part of the club’s six-man leadership group – said Grant’s formula as captain is relationships, and estimates the hooker spends half of his day off on the phone talking with teammates. “He’s worked hard to bring us together as a group and really make us connect and go deeper than just playing footy on the weekend, learn a bit more about ourselves,” he said.
While his teammates will take Grant far, there are some challenges he must face alone. Growing up, Grant idolised Cameron Smith, Queensland’s greatest hooker who was Storm captain for 13 seasons. In terms of shoes to fill, there are perhaps none bigger.
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