AFTER a speech from Michael Ennis, Josh Reynolds was ready to kill for his skipper.

At 28 and a new club, the five-eighth hopes to have that same impact on his new teammates.

With Aaron Woods off to Canterbury, the Wests Tigers are without a captain for next season.

Reynolds may be a new face at the club but admits if the coach asked him to do the job, he’d happily lead the Tigers.

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He believes he has all the right attributes to make a good skipper and said it’s partly the motivation former Bulldogs captain Michael Ennis would fuel him with which has him eager to lead.

“I wouldn’t say no,” Reynolds confessed of the captaincy.

“As a person I’ve been a really good listener and taken in a lot of things from some really good leaders. Someone like Mick Ennis did me a world of good.

Bulldogs star Josh Reynolds farewells the crowd. Source: News Corp Australia

“I wanted to, not properly, I’d want to kill someone before a game when he’d talk to me. That’s just his leadership. What he does on and off the field, it all bottles up.

“If I could do that for someone, what a feeling that would be if someone could come here and say that about me.

“If it did arise and he (Cleary) asked me, I couldn’t say no.

“… I don’t think it’ll come up. There’s so many guys who could do that. You have someone like Chris Lawrence who has been there for so long. When he speaks everyone listens.”

Sacrifice is another thing a good leader understands.

Commuting from the home he shares with Bulldogs playmaker Matt Frawley in the Shire, Reynolds leaves Cronulla at 4.45am for training in Concord.

He’d considered moving closer to training if the early commute started to take its toll but so far so good.

Reynolds thinks it’s the excitement of going outside his comfort zone which has made the early starts bearable.

“Because I’m enjoying it so much, it’s not a chore,” he said.

“When you get into the grind sometime you think ‘how hard is his?’ but I’m enjoying the group of boys. It’s really fresh so for now it’s good.”

Entering his eighth season in the top grade, the former NSW playmaker admits feeling nerves on his first day at Concord, unsure of the personalities within the club.

Expecting some of his new teammates to have a preconceived idea of what he’s like.

After all, Reynolds is a man who plays with passion and at times, it’s got the better of him.

But did he expect some of the boys to hate him?

“100 per cent. I play against some blokes and on the field you think ‘this bloke’s off his head’,” he admitted.

Fortunately, respect was quickly earned among the players.

“It’s easy trying to fit in,” he admitted.

“There’s no wankers here. I feel like everyone’s just come here to rip in.

“It helps too because a lot of people have come from different teams too.

Josh Reynolds celebrates with team mates after scoring a try. Source: Getty Images

“A couple of guys are probably trying to kick off their careers again and a couple of young guys are really hungry.

“We’ve got a really good mix and Ivan’s done a good job of bringing everyone together.”

With his new teammates embracing him, Reynolds has wasted little time soaking in the advice from his coaches and fellow players.

Out of comfort zone, each day presents a new challenge.

At Canterbury he would go into a video session knowing what he’d be criticised over.

At the Tigers he’s predicting nothing.

“I come off the field sometimes and I think I’ve done something right and they’ll be like ‘mate we’ve just got to fix that a bit’ because it’s a different style,” he said.

“It’s challenging but if I get my head around it, it’ll make me a better player.”