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Tevita Pangai jnr once called Wayne Bennett of Canberra to ask him if he could come to the Broncos. Bennett said "yes".
So when the Brisbane coach made an SOS call to Pangai on Thursday to ask the Tongan international to play against Penrith, the powerful 22-year-old center responded in the affirmative, Despite having played devastating 30 minutes in the 50-18 win against the Panthers at Suncorp Stadium, and scored two tries in the first half, Pangai revealed that he had "tried to" say "no" to Bennett.
"But the big guy wanted me to play, so I just tried to do my job and roll the boys," said Pangai
who missed Brisbane's defeat in round 18 against the Warriors. By Captain OK's race Thursday, but after cooling did not believe that he was going to get through the conflict with the Panthers. "19659002" "I was not going to actually play," Pangai said.
"Wayne called me after the captain's race and I said it still feels pretty tight." I was not really confiden about to play but I was happy that he made me play.
"We really needed to win and regain a form. I've had 30 minutes so I hope it will get better in the next few weeks. "
Pangai said that he was confident of being fit to face Cronulla on Thursday night.
After the victory of the Panthers Bennett said:" 30 minutes of Tevita is better than no minutes from Tevita.
The value of Pangai to the Broncos was encapsulated in this statement by the Brisbane coach, with 2018 proving to be an escape season for the former Canberra Raider.
His two tries against the Panthers showed his nascent confidence – the first after running a big line of a Sam Thaiday pbad and the second after struggling with five Penrith defenders to pitch the ball and celebrate as a colossus.
James Roberts was in his ear "James Roberts always tells me to believe in myself and trust me, so now I'm backing up a bit more," Pangai said. 9659002] "Jimmy did a good job with me trying to push me."
"It takes a bit of time to play in the outposts in order to solidify your place in the team and gain the confidence of the boys.I am one of the biggest sports brands, and with all Test and Origin players, it's hard to trust them. "The older boys are starting to trust me, which is a big advantage for me."
Pangai, who's out of contract but determined to reconnect with Brisbane in the long run, said that he hoped his next contract would be sorted in November so that he could join the recently secured Payne Haas and a series of other young attackers in the future . [19659002"Ilyadéfinitivementunaveniricietj'espèrequenouspourronsgardertoutlemondeensembleJesuisjustecontentpourPaynequ'ilaungroscontrat"adéclaréPangai"NoussommestousdespotesettouslesjeunesgarçonsveulentessayeretêtrelemeilleurquenouspouvonsetapporterunpremierministreàBrisbaneànouveauetcetteannéeoudanslesprochainesannéesêtreuneforcedominante"
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