Cale HOOKER

2017 Digest:   Hamstring injury has caused problems and not sighted in JLT series. Might play VFL practice match prior to home and away opener.

2017 NAB Cup:  

2017 Season

1	Haw	Worked his way into the game as a forward and ended with three goals. Signs suggest forward move will work.	7
2	Bris	Proved a handful for Frost and ended with eight marks and two goals.	6
3	Carl	Key forward wasn’t suite by wet. Two marks but no goals with Marchbank on his hammer.	2
4	Adel	Taken out of the game by Daniel Talia, no presence up forward whatsoever.	2
5	Coll	Started well roaming far and wide from centre half forward. Three goals a fair reward.	7
6	Melb	Kicked two goals and took some nice marks, but was sore in final term and hobbled around the front half.	5
7	Frem	Provided a target. Kicked 2.2 and took four contested marks.	7
8	Geel	Used forward and after early goal he was pretty quiet. Had six kicks and spent time drifting up the ground.	3
9	WCE	Gave Barrass and McGovern all sorts of problems with his marking. Let himself down with a few easy misses.	7
10	Rich	Impersonated Harry Taylor all night. He’s not a long-term option up forward. Only shot at goal he butchered horribly.	2
11	VFL	Competed well in attack and provided an adequate marking target. Presence helps Daniher.	6
12	Port	Three first-term goals got the ball rolling. Ended up with five in first half, then Clurey did a fair job.	8
13		Bye.
14		Finger.
15	Bris	Became important when he lifted in third term at centre half forward.	5
16	Coll	Used at centre half forward. Kicked one goal but in the end spent time down back. Still not sure forward is best position.	4
17	StK	Had a good battle with Brown and best quarter was the fourth when he booted a monster goal.	5
18	NM	Butchered the footy for three quarters but made amends with four fourth quarter goals which killed off the game. Finished with five.	6
19	WB	Has the yips in front of goal and had some costly misses and errors.	3
20	Carl	Grabbed nine marks and booted two goals…to go with five behinds. Moves everything bar his bowels on set shots.	5
21	Adel	Gave Essendon a chance when he came into the game with three big goals in third quarter.	6
22	GCS	Booted two goals and took nine marks. Presented well and kept Leslie honest throughout.	6
23		Calf.
EF		Calf.

2016 Season

1		Suspended.
2		Suspended.
3		Suspended.
4		Suspended.
5		Suspended.
6		Suspended.
7		Suspended.
8		Suspended.
9		Suspended.
10		Suspended.
11		Suspended.
12		Suspended.
13		Suspended.
14		Suspended.
16		Suspended.
17		Suspended.
18		Suspended.
19		Suspended.
20		Suspended.
21		Suspended.
22		Suspended.
23		Suspended.

2015 Season

1	Syd	Excellent job on Tippett until late in day.	5
2	Haw	Kicked the match-winning goal but was gigantic in the back half all afternoon.	8
3	Carl	Patrolled half back with aplomb all day and among the best.	7
4	Coll	Had task on Cloke and did that well. Won his share of ball to boot.	8
5	StK	Beaten by Bruce and had to be shifted.	4
6	Frem	Denied the chance to intercept mark for most of the night.	5
7	NM	Took Petrie and did well on him defensively. Didn’t touch it as much as he can.	5
8	Bris	Dominant in defence in first half when Brisbane was most challenging.	8
9	Rich	Played his usual intercept role in the back half. Eight marks.	6
10	Geel	Footy can be cruel. Did brilliantly on Hawkins but still conceded four goals.	7
11	WCE	Fought like mad against Kennedy. Could hold his head high.	7
13	Haw	Unobtrusive effort down back. OK without setting world on fire.	5
14	StK	Started OK in temporary forward role. Had to help defence.	6
15	Melb	A presence up forward in an unfamiliar role, then composed down back.	6
16	NM	Looked the most likely Bomber forward all night. 13 marks a real highlight.	8
17	Port	At full forward marked strongly all night.	6
18	WB	Grabbed eight marks and kicked a goal. Didn’t have a lot to work with	5
19	GWS	Dangerous in attack in first half then unable to shake Davis. Two goals.	6
20	Adel	Only forward who looked likely to grab a mark and ended with six. Two goals.	6
21	GCS	Dangerous in attack and finished with three goals.	6
22	Rich	Ended with three goals to be the side’s most lively forward.	6
23	Coll	Restricted to two goals from four marks in a great battle with Brown.	5

2014 Season

1	NM	Given the job on Petrie and kept him totally in check.	8
2	Haw	Good on Roughead when on him and got in the way across half back to be a factor.	7
3	Carl	Mopped up well across half back. Marked everything that went his way.	7
4	Frem	Took 10 marks in defence opposed to Clarke/Sandilands. Not the worst.	6
5	StK	Good battle with Stanley then thrown forward in desperation.	5
6	Coll	Battled Cloke and superb in quelling him. Kept him goalless.	8
7	WB	Best on ground with 13 marks. The Dogs couldn’t get past him.	9
8	Bris	Worked hard in demanding role on Brown.	6
9	Syd	Did well for much of the night on Tippett but gave away a silly deliberate free.	6
11	Rich	Held Riewoldt stat-less for almost the whole first half. In top touch.	7
12	GWS	Pitted against Patton and was solid.	5
13	Melb	Had the better of his contest with Dawes keeping him goalless.	6
14	Adel	Walker pushed right up the field on him and still kicked two goals.	5
15	Geel	Battled Hawkins and did a pretty solid job after a shaky start.	5
16	Port	Stood Schulz and came off second best.	4
17	Coll	Good job on Cloke and had a share of the ball himself.	7
18	WB	Steady again down back and had Redpath covered apart from one goal	7
19	Syd	Good battle with Tippett and subdued him overall.	6
20	Rich	Did a strong job on Riewoldt in a fine battle. Held his own.	7
21	WCE	On dangerous Kennedy and did well apart from opponent’s burst in third term.	6
22	GCS	Stout in defence until copped a heavy knock from Lynch and subbed out in third.	5
23	Carl	Beat Casboult. Nine intercept grabs.	7
EF	NM	Did fine job on Petrie 98 per cent of night until Roo kicked back-to-back goals.	7
SF		–
PF		–
GF		–

2013 Season

1	Adel	Contained Walker for the most part which was integral to win.	8
2	Melb	Formed part of a solid back six , which kept the Dees to just five goals.	7
3	Frem	While he got a lot of ball, opponent Mayne was one of the best Freo forwards.	5
4	StK	Maister gave him heaps of trouble early but then he had upper hand.	6
5	Coll	Helped Carlisle in the air and did well on Cloke when asked to relieve.	6
6	GWS	Marked well in defence with 10 grabs and quelled Cameron after half time.	7
7	Geel	Had Podsiadly for lost of the match and OK without standing out.	5
8	Bris	Used footy well and won 12 contested possessions. Did what he could down.	6
9	Rich	Solid on both McGuane and Vickery.	5
10	Syd	Started on Walsh then picked up others. Reasonable input.	5
11	Carl	Casboult outmarked him early. He then went to dangerous Waite.	4
12	GCS	Trailed Sumner in defence and did fairly well without starring.	5
14	WCE	Picked up talls resting in attack and overall did a fair job.	5
15	Port	Took 13 marks and had a heap of touches in the back half. Great intercept player.	8
16	WB	Battled Jones who kicked two goals but he won the ball comprehensively.	6
17	GWS	Took a team-high eight marks and played an important part in the victory.	6
18	Haw	Battled Roughead but well beaten in the end. Still kept trying.	4
19	Coll	Had Reid for most part and only one of Reid’s three goals kicked on him.	6
20	WCE	Had the job on Darling and gave him a bit too much latitude leading up. Not his best.	4
21	NM	Had his work cut out on Petrie, but stuck to his guns.	5
22	Carl	Took 10 marks and was one of the generals down back.	7
23	Rich	Battled hard down back but caught out of position a few times. OK, but not his best.	5
QF
SF
PF
GF

2012 Season

1	NM	Had big job on Petrie and did well.	6
3	VFL	Defended well coming back from injury.	–
4	Carl	A standout in defence with excellent body work and 21 disposals.	7
5	Coll	Battled Cloke and apart from second term he did a reasonable job.	6
6	Bris	Started on Brown and had the better of the contest.	6
7	WCE	Matched up on Lynch at first. Solid all night in defence.	7
8	Rich	Solid job on Riewoldt and never gave him a millimetre to work in.	7
9	GWS	Solid night in defence, taking nine marks and enjoying 87 per cent efficiency.	6
11	Syd	With Roberts-Thomson in early part of the night. Got lost a few times.	4
13	Frem	Beaten by Pavlich.	3
14	WB	Effective unit in defence.	6
15	StK	Given the runaround by Riewoldt.	4
16	Port	Struggled to keep up with Daniel Stewart at times.	5
17	Geel	Started well enough but Hawkins ended up well on top of him.	4
19	Adel	Played on Jenkins and couldn’t stop him from scoring two goals.	5
21	Carl	Had to be switched to Waite and just battled. Not helped by midfield.	4
22	Rich	Had important task on Riewoldt and couldn’t go with him.	3
23	Coll	Cloke burnt him early and he was moved away.	3