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it is true Macca has been at his best when he's had a replacement breathing down his neck, whether that is complacency or him playing better when not under fatigue - i'm not sure.
In my opinion - and others have echoed it - Macca has been at his all time best this season during a period of unprecedented failure. I don't recall Macca playing any better than he did against Souths, for example, which was one of our most humiliating drubbings. He's already "lifted."
Switching hooker has had an immediate and profound effect on the team, as it did last year during Macca's absence. We just convincingly matched and beat the leading team in the comp. There's no question of whether the new hookers can handle "big games." They killed it.
Some see Turpin as a temporary fix, while an increasingly growing group notably myself, think we're seeing the start of something really special. If not, we have Segeyaro, who we already know is something special.
We have gone from an embarrassment to an embarrassment of riches in the dummy half position.