That's interesting IRO of what we might be expecting for Alfie.
Given his excellence as a "hybrid" style of player - happy in the backrow - great ball in hand, are were moving away from having him in the team as a hooker? He's not played a Prem game at 2 as yet - there must have been opportunities.
That said, if and when we have both Willis's. Shields, Youngs, Morris etc to pick from, does he get picked in the back row? We still list him as "hooker" on the squad list.