What is Rugby?

This article from Wikipedia discusses Rugby Union, of which the CSULB Rugby team plays.

Team positions: Hooker

The hooker uses their feet to 'hook' the ball in the scrum, because of the pressure put on the body by the scrum it is considered to be one of the most dangerous positions to play. They also normally throw the ball in at line-outs, partly because they are normally the shortest of the forwards, but more often because they are the most skillful of the forwards. When line-outs go wrong the hooker is often made a scapegoat even though the fault may actually lie with the jumpers. Hookers have more in common with back row forwards than props or locks as they have a roving role at line-outs and do not push as much in the scrum as other front row forwards. In addition, hookers may act as an extra prop in the scrum, instead of contesting the feed, to wreak havoc on opposition feeds.

Notable hookers include Brian Moore (England and Lions), Sean Fitzpatrick (New Zealand), Graeme Dawe (England and Bath), Keven Mealamu (New Zealand), Steve Thompson (England and Lions), Keith Wood (Ireland and Lions), Raphael Ibanez and Philippe Dintrans (France), Bobby Windsor (Wales and Lions), John Smit (South Africa), Jeremy Paul (Australia), Shane Bryne (Ireland and Lions) and Gordon Bulloch (Scotland and Lions).