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“I go in every week really wanting to try to fight for a position on the team,” he says. “Every week I wonder if I will keep my place, so seeing my name on the team sheet gives me energy.
“Being chosen week after week builds confidence. It says I’m doing well and doing my job.
“I had a couple of games [at centre] at the NSW Cup, but I like to think that I am as versatile as I can be, so I can be anywhere they need me. “
The Warriors are in winning mode for the remainder of the season and a loss to the Sharks will kill their hopes of finishing in the top eight and competing for the NRL title.
A win means they would close the gap with the Sharks to two points with two games remaining.
Less than two months ago, they lost 46-10 to Cronulla, a performance acting coach Todd Payten described as the worst of the season.
“All the guys know that from now on it’s a must win situation,” says Perham. “The guys know the situation we are in, so we are willing to put everything.
“My hopes are to help the team get to eight and that comes with my performance to the best of my ability. Hopefully all those things intertwine with each other and the good things about that.”
Warriors forward Isaiah Papalii is determined to write down the mistakes of his previous humiliating loss.
“We want to redeem ourselves from our last game against the Sharks,” he says. “The guys are more excited about the challenge against a team that beat us last time.
“They are very skilled as a team and we learned from it. We were building something as a team with ‘Toddy.’
“Any loss is not good, but we started to understand the way others were defending and we started to click from that game.”
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