Jacob Liddle has set his sights on changing into an 80-minute hooker at St George Illawarra after starring in his sport beginning for the NRL membership.
Known as off the bench and onto the beginning for the primary time this season, Liddle scored a check out of dummy-half and laid on one other in Saturday evening’s 38-12 win over the Dolphins.
The 26-year-old is more likely to maintain his beginning spot forward of utility Moses Mbye towards Gold Coast subsequent Sunday, with coach Anthony Griffin stating that Liddle had outplayed the veteran this 12 months.
The previous Wests Tigers No.9 performed unchanged on uncommon events early in his profession, however has by no means been an 80-minute hooker within the six-again period.
Griffin steered that in the intervening time Liddle and Mbye sharing dummy-half duties was working, nevertheless it was not out of the query that Liddle may play full video games finally.
“I feel I can work as much as 80 minutes,” Liddle mentioned.
“The sport has modified a bit, and is a bit quicker.
“Early on within the season, the legs aren’t as used to enjoying at this velocity as they could possibly be. Hopefully, I work my option to that.
“You do not discover your match health till you play a couple of video games.”
Liddle’s sport on the Dragons stays a work-in-progress, with the hooker repeatedly darting out of dummy-half on Saturday night and never having any assist with him.
“The boys will get used to it,” Liddle mentioned.
“They are going to see the indicators when I’m going to go. I’m nonetheless new to the membership.”
Regardless, he’s sure he performs his finest soccer as a beginning hooker.
“I like beginning, so I wish to attempt to work my option to keep there,” Liddle mentioned.
“It’s kind of of a unique function. I nonetheless wish to get into the sport early and run the place I can.
“The objective was to maintain working when there may be one marker or they are not sq., and provides the ball to the boys that wanted it.”
The Dragons have one other name to make at five-eighth, after Talatau Amone was regular on his return to the staff following off-field points.
Jayden Sullivan is predicted to be match to attempt to reclaim the No.6 jersey subsequent week after a shoulder damage, with Griffin set to make a name on the pair.
“We’ll fear about that on Monday or Tuesday,” Griffin mentioned.
“(Amone) was actually good for his first sport.
“He actually added one thing to us tonight. He and Ben mixed very well for his or her first sport collectively of the 12 months.
