Young dropped Daniel Atkinson from the side to face the Dolphins and gave King-Togia the responsibility of partnering Kyle Flanagan in the halves.<\/p>\n
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The 21-year-old Kiwi had a tidy match with the highlight being his beautiful cut-out pass to Tyrell Sloan in the 62nd minute which sent the winger down the touchline before Clint Gutherson eventually went over for a try.<\/p>\n
Young was asked about King-Togia\u2019s game after the match and he didn\u2019t hesitate to tell fans what his plans were.<\/p>\n
\u201cLyhkan will be five-eighth next week because of the performance (he) put in tonight,\u201d Young said after the 28-22 loss<\/a>. <\/p>\n Dolphins continue push for finals debut | 05:11<\/p>\n MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n THE RUN HOME: Storm\u2019s only hope of saving historic run; shock top-two surge<\/a><\/p>\n TALKING POINTS: $13m blow exposes big \u2018challenge\u2019; star\u2019s response to \u2018unfair\u2019 move<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s a blow for Atkinson, who came to the Dragons on a three-year deal after starring when given chances while at the Sharks.<\/p>\n Young said he wanted to see Atkinson find better form in the lower grades.<\/p>\n \u201cHe and Luciano (Leilua) will be playing reserve grade tomorrow, so they know what they need to work on and I\u2019ll be watching the game,\u201d Young said. <\/p>\n The writing was on the wall last week against the Titans.<\/p>\n The Dragons were awful in a 38-18 loss at home in Clint Gutherson\u2019s 250th first grade game.<\/p>\n Atkinson started that day while King-Togia came off the bench.<\/p>\n Dragons coach Dean Young revealed if there would be changes after Friday night\u2019s lossSource: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n His short stint in a badly beaten team impressed Young.<\/p>\n \u201cHe got an opportunity last week. It was only 20 minutes, and he did some really nice things with the ball, which we all know he\u2019s capable of doing,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe knows that he needs to be better defensively, and he did that for 20 minutes against the Titans, but doing it for 20 minutes against the Titans and doing it for 80 minutes against the Dolphins is two different things, and I thought he defended great tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n Bunker denies tight Cobbo call! | 00:27<\/p>\n MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n DOUEIHI LANDING SPOTS: Big Madge hint… and rival to land bitter Benji blow<\/a><\/p>\n