Lote Tuqiri made an immediate impact on his return to the NRL with Wests Tigers and is backing John Bateman to do the same.
Tuqiri, who won premierships with the Broncos in 2000 and Rabbitohs in 2014, was lured back to the NRL by Sheens in 2010 after switching codes in 2003 and playing 67 Tests for the Wallabies.
"Friday was a day off, Saturday was my first training session but we didn’t do much, then Sunday I did the captain’s run and we played on Monday. It was really cool."That is what he did with me. He said get yourself feeling right, take away this book to look at and I just had a few meetings with him.
“I think it is a good set-up with Benji and Robbie on the coaching staff with Tim. You have got three blokes who communicate differently, and I think they will make it easy for John Bateman to slot straight into the side.”After eight seasons away from the NRL, Tuqiri admitted he had been nervous before his first match with Wests Tigers but scoring so early helped settle him down.
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