Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\nDom Young is back home.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since I came out here, I fell in love with Newcastle, and I always say that when I\u2019m happy off the field I\u2019m at my best,\u201d Young reflected. \u201cNewcastle is that safe place for me, I can go out there on the field and do what I do.<\/p>\n
\u201cSandon can play a bit more freely here, which is something that I feel like I can do as well in my role.<\/p>\n
\u201cJustin knows both of us quite well, too, spending time at the Roosters and also being quite an attack-minded coach. He really knows how to unlock us and get the best out of us, which is shown on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Dom\u2019s older brother Alex Young also relocating to Newcastle from Sydney earlier this year, where he is focusing on a law career together with some part-time footy with the Cessnock Goannas, the Knights winger believes he has landed on his \u201chappy place\u201d in Australia.<\/p>\n
Young promptly springboarded into his tenure with the Knights last year, finishing the regular NRL season strongly in an otherwise lacklustre year for Newcastle, before a breakout stint representing England in The Ashes.<\/p>\n
Young returned to the Knights pre-season later than others due to those England commitments, but remembers immediately gelling with Holbrook\u2019s easy-going training style and simple breakdown of each player\u2019s roles within the side.<\/p>\n
He reflects graciously on the Rooster saga, and believes it has given him fresh perspective on life as an NRL player.<\/p>\n
Holbrook:”Made it too hard on ourselves” | 03:36<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s reinvigorating the fire in my belly,\u201d Young said. \u201cWhen people start writing you off again, you want to prove a point and prove that you can still do what you want to do out there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe feeling I have when I put the Knights jersey on, and how special it makes me feel, how appreciative I feel when I run out in the colours. It just makes me want to get the best out myself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a bit sceptical about moving back in the mid-season last year. Obviously a lot of things were out of my control and it all happened quickly. You never really feel like you have the time or you\u2019re ready to do a mid-season move, because you\u2019re not planning for it \u2013 I still had two years on my contract.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess when I got back to Newcastle, straight away I had this feeling that I\u2019d never left. Everyone embraced me straight back in after what happened and I felt appreciated again. It\u2019s hard to put my finger on exactly what it is, but I think there\u2019s just something about Newcastle that resonates with me and gets the best out of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dom Young has enjoyed the challenge.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Newcastle will look to retain their spot in the NRL\u2019s top eight with a win over Young\u2019s former side at Allianz Stadium on Sunday. The Knights will receive a vital boost with the expected return of off-season signing Dylan Brown in the halves, while the Roosters continue to build with veteran playmaker Daly Cherry-Evans at the helm.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to be one of the best wingers in the competition and I just want to go out and try and do that,\u201d Young said. \u201cIf I can manage to have a good year this year, then heading into the World Cup year in Australia will be pretty cool as well. Hopefully we can do something as an England team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had a good start to the season but we\u2019re all aware it\u2019s a long year ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winger Dom Young has opened up on his mid-season move from the Sydney Roosters while paying tribute to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-380126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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