Yeah I’m confused too. What exactly is the role of a hooker at a rugby game?
When there is a scrum—the 2 groups positioned on either side of a line, say after an offsides call, the scum back of the side that has the advantage will roll the ball between the two groups of linesmen. The hookers in the center will try to heel, or “hook,” the ball back into their scrum, and it will eventually be ejected from the back of the scrum.