Josh Morris believes his twin brother Brett can be the missing piece of the Canterbury jigsaw as the Bulldogs look to win a first NRL premiership in 11 years.
Despite reaching last year’s grand final, only Cronulla, Gold Coast and the Wests Tigers scored less points than the Bulldogs before the finals.
But Morris said the arrival of his younger sibling by 10 minutes will improve that statistic.
“I am bit biased but I think he is one of the best finishers in the game,” Morris told AAP.
“He’s a major asset for us. We didn’t score as many tries as we would have liked to last season and that is why Des (Hasler) has brought him in.
“Him and Curtis Rona are proven finishers and that could be the difference between success and falling short again like we did in the 2012 GF and last year.”
NSW and Kangaroos star Brett will play at fullback for his new side following his shock move from St George Illawarra but Josh said switching him to the No.1 shirt for the first time since 2008 is not a risky move by Hasler.
“He started off playing at fullback then got put out on the wing and made a great fist of that,” he said.
“He’s excited about playing fullback and I think you can see from the way we play the fullback is a supporting player.
“Our forwards like to ball play and so do our halves and Brett will be looking to come in off the back of that and he’ll score a lot of tries this year for us.”
Bulldogs five-eighth Josh Reynolds admits he’s been blown away by some of Morris’ performances when watching from afar and said his arrival has created a real buzz around the club.
“He’s just a freak of nature, whenever I watch him he’s always doing something pretty special,” Reynolds said of his NSW teammate.
“Whether it be flying above someone and scoring an amazing try or beating someone for pace … he’ll be great for this team.
“He’s a very level-headed bloke and been in the system for a very long time so knows exactly what to do.
“He’s obviously played for NSW and Australia many times and I know a lot of our young outside backs look up to him.”
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