Freddy's advice to ground Brooks

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LUKE Brooks, if you are reading this, stop now.

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That is the advice from rugby league great Brad Fittler, who also starred as a teenager in his first-grade debut.

Brooks, 18, was brilliant on Saturday for Wests Tigers, scoring a try and setting up two in an eye-catching and mature debut against St George Illawarra.

As Andrew Johns suggested, his life has changed forever after 80 minutes of football.

Fittler, who roared into first grade for Penrith against Wests at Campbelltown in 1988, on Sunday offered some sage advice for young Brooks, who appears ready to take over from Benji Marshall as the Tigers' dominant playmaker.

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"I made my debut at Orana Park and had a blinder," Fittler recalled.

"But the next game we played Balmain at Leichhardt and I got smashed.

"That's just a little heads up (for Brooks). My advice would be not to read the papers and not to read this article."

Former Raiders champion and NSW coach Laurie Daley, who worked at the Tigers-Dragons game for Fox Sports, offered similar advice to the young halfback.

"He shouldn't listen to everyone, just those he trusts," Daley said.

"I think he should also try to stay out of the media as much as he can. He has to continue to work hard. He is certainly a huge talent.

"A lot of people had heard about him before the weekend but we saw exactly what he is capable of doing on the field.

"It was a fantastic debut in a key position."

Brooks will return to the Holden Cup this week due to Wests Tigers' second-tier salary-cap issue, but he already has fans wanting more.

The young half recently re-signed with Wests Tigers and will now be at Concord until the end of 2017.

"We are being cautious with Luke and will take time to develop him," said Tigers chief executive Grant Mayer.

"I understand why there has been so much attention on him, but the club is very keen to take our time with him because many people within the game have seen his ability for some time now."

Marshall said Brooks is a star of the future.

"Without putting too much pressure on him, if he keeps training hard and working the way he works, he'll be great for them," Marshall said.

"The future of the club is definitely bright in terms of talent with 'Brooksy' and a few of the other younger guys we've got coming through."

Victory on Saturday snapped a six-game losing streak for Wests Tigers and gave hope for next year.

The Dragons were poor again.

"They just didn't look like they were interested," said former Saints winger Wendell Sailor on Triple M.

"That's probably as bad as it has got for us. We just can't put 80 minutes together as a club."  

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