Super League's young player of the year Josh Thewlis has his sights on a first major honour in the Challenge Cup final.
Even Josh Thewlis struggles to believe how long he has been a Betfred Super League player for. Still only 22, the Warrington Wolves winger is in his sixth season and now has his first major final to look forward to this weekend. A product of renowned community side Waterhead, a club which has produced Super League greats such as Kevin Sinfield, Barrie McDermott and Paul Sculthorpe, Thewlis made his Wolves bow as a 17-year-old in 2019 and has since become a regular in the first team.
'I probably let it slack a little through the academy because Stef was there and he's an unbelievable kicker - he's a master at it. 'When Sam spoke to me about kicking, I went straight to Stef. When you kick a football, you never lose it, but it's just looking at the finer details Stef looks at. 'He talks about his plant foot, his lead in, his pace going into the ball - stuff I've never worried about.
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