Tigers want me as long-term half: Doueihi

Adam Doueihi says a conversation with interim coach Brett Kimmorley has left him confident he will be Wests Tigers' long-term five-eighth. Since Doueihi recovered from his ACL injury, the Tigers have been deliberating as to which of their three specialist playmakers - Doueihi, Luke Brooks and Jackson Hastings - should fit into the two halves spots. Brooks and Hastings got the nod for last weekend's loss to Parramatta but against Penrith on Sunday, Hastings will move to lock to give Doueihi and Brooks a chance to reassemble their halves combination from 2021. "I had a conversation with 'Noddy' last week, just with some long-term questions about where the club saw me," he said. "It's definitely in the halves. We spoke about that. "The club has been open to having honest conversations. We've been pushing that as players and coaches, to be open with each other." "You'll see a lot of similarities to what I do at halfback," he said. "Hopefully that can unlock both the halves and the fullback. "I'm not going to play that old style of straight up-and-down and bash-and-barge. I don't think I've got that in me!" Alongside Brooks, Doueihi and fullback Daine Laurie, Hastings will remain a kicking option for the Tigers. "Having four kickers out there will hopefully make it a bit harder for the fullback and winger to understand what we're trying to do," he said. "We feel as though we've lacked a geniune ball-player through the middle all season," Doueihi said.