"I believe I'm the best six at this club."
That's the word from a red-hot Scott Drinkwater as the Cowboys prepare for the arrival of playmaking recruits Chad Townsend and Tom Dearden next season.
Off the back of another stellar performance to lead the Cowboys to a 36-20 win over the Knights, it was put to Drinkwater if he had any idea where he would fit into the line-up once Townsend and Dearden arrive.
While Drinkwater revealed no formal conversations had yet taken place with coach Todd Payten, he did have one emphatic message.
"I believe I'm the best six at this club," Drinkwater said.
"I'm just doing my best week-in week-out to play No.6. That's where I want to play."
A week after the playmaker fought back tears following a tight loss to the Roosters, Drinkwater was back at it, bagging three try-assists at Queensland Country Bank Stadium for a resurgent Cowboys outfit.
It marks another step forward for the Queenslanders as they climb to eighth on the ladder, and it's largely off the back of Drinkwater's enterprising plays, says Storm great Billy Slater.
"Things just happen around Scott Drinkwater, when he gets the ball in his hands, you think something is going to happen," Slater said.
"Whether it's a pass, a kick, or a run, he's just a creative football player, things happen around him, he's all class and I think he's the future of the club.
"He's a confident young man, I remember when he was down at the Storm it was only a pec injury that kept him out of the no.1 jersey, he was holding Ryan Papenhuyzen out and Jarome Hughes out of that no.1 jersey."
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