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“That’s our game plan here at the Broncos now, we want to be a hard-working side … I just have to be myself.”
Paix’s fate could rest in the long-term future of Walters, with Mozer in line to at last get the opportunity to announce himself as the club’s No.9 for the next decade.
But Paix believed his Hooker of the Year campaign with Wynnum Manly, as well as insights from Broncos assistant coach and former Queensland Maroons hooker Matt Ballin, has him well placed for the club’s opening round clash with the Roosters.
“He [Ballin] will tell you he wasn’t an attacking player, he was more of the hard-working defensive player, so [he’s giving me] little cues around what he did back in the day and what he’s able to provide me now,” Paix said.
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“It had been a while since I did play an 80-minute game, and starting the year off I needed to play 80 minutes there at Wynnum. I built on that 80-minute performance game in, game out.
“I’ve always been a believer in if the coach wants you to do something, you just go out and do it, no matter how much it hurts or whatever the stakes are.
“It’s easy for people to whinge, go back and kick stones, but that’s not my nature to do that. I just wanted to knuckle down and work hard.”