Fil:Whilst I am delighted we are bringing a quality player such as Smoothy in, I have to feel for Liam Hood as IMO he is in the form of his life and thoroughly deserves at least one more year on his contract. How many tries has he either scored or set-up so far this year.???...quite a few, I dare say.
Of course that would mean that we would have 4 hookers vying for a first team spot and Doyle and Smith realistically would struggle to get in.

Smith is still very young and still has a lot to learn. Learning behind hood and Smoothy wouldn't do him any harm.
Would he be getting game time now if Doyle was fit? he has performed well so fair play to him now he's had a chance.