“I didn’t even think I would be playing NRL last year,” he said.
“I came up here to get the opportunity and that’s what I got.
“To play finals two years in a row is something special. It’s something I wouldn’t have thought of at the start of last year.
“It shows you the character of the squad we’ve got here.”
“That’s what you always dream of doing, winning a comp,” he said.
“If I got a [premiership] ring it’d mean the world to me. I wouldn’t have it any other way [than] with the blokes we have here. We’re all on the same road. Most of the boys here haven’t won a comp.
“Gal’s been here his whole life and hasn’t won a grand final. I think it’d mean a lot to Gal and the other older blokes as well.”
