This year was meant to be a new beginning for Corey Oates but instead everything old is new again as the Broncos flyer rediscovers his passion for the game and the formula that made him one of the NRL’s most dangerous wingers.
Oates had prepared to transition into the back row in 2021 and spent his entire off-season working on the little muscles in his body to make him more durable, fitter and stronger in preparation for a tougher workload playing in the forwards.
But with his positional switch aborted Oates is now confident his off-season training program will make him a better winger as he prepares to confront Blake Ferguson in Friday’s clash with Parramatta in Darwin.