Cowboys enforcer Jason Taumalolo

'I can go harder': Taumalolo primed to explode in shorter bursts

Taumalolo has already scaled rugby league’s greatest heights with a premiership and Dally M Medal but leadership is one area he believes he has room to grow as he joins Michael Morgan as a permanent leader of the team.

Payten clearly wants to extract every ounce of value from his marquee man, planning to reduce his game time in a quality-over-quantity philosophy whilst also pushing the 27-year-old out of his shy comfort zone into a position of authority within the team.