Schiller reaping rewards from Timoko combination as he finds home on wing

Schiller reaping rewards from Timoko combination as he finds home on wing

Schiller shifted to the wing in NRL team due to injury, comfortable after previous experience.

Canberra Raiders Club

After training all pre-season in the centres, as well as starting the season there in NSW Cup, James Schiller was pretty settled in the centre position.

But when winger Albert Hopoate suffered burns to his arms after a freak cooking accident, Schiller was called into the NRL team to replace Hopoate on the wing against the Sharks.

Schiller said that playing some games on the wing last year has helped him make the transition quickly and is just happy to be in the team.

"I had to dust some cobwebs off because I went from centre in Cup and in the trials and pre-season to playing wing but I played it all last year so it was just dusting cobwebs off and re-triggering that muscle...

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