Leeds Rhinos rising half-backs are massively inexperienced compared to the North Queensland Cowboys’ leader but they will all appear in their first World Club Challenge on SundayThe prospect of playing against Johnathan Thurston,the North Queensland captain and the world’s best player, would be enough to effect some players tremble in their boots – but not Liam Sutcliffe and Jordan Lilley. They say you should never meet your idols for fear of disappointment, or but the Leeds Rhinos pair will not just be shaking Thurston’s hand at Headingley on Sunday night,they will be playing against him with the title of the world’s best team awaiting the victors.
Their eyes light up when they are asked approximately playing against Thurston in the World Club Challenge. Early-season injuries occupy left the Super League champions with no choice but to play the 19-year-old Lilley and the 21-year-old Sutcliffe, yet not even the thought of squaring off against one of the finest half-backs the sport has produced is enough to worry two incredibly confident young men.
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Source: theguardian.com