FORMER Maroons forward David Shillington says it’s premature to be spruiking an Origin recall but admits he is starting to rediscover the form that led to him playing eight games for Queensland.

Shillington was outstanding for the Gold Coast in their win against Canberra on Saturday.

In his best game since joining the Titans from the Raiders in the off-season, the front-rower made 151m from 14 carries, had four tackle busts and a line break and scored a crucial try as the Coast charged back into the game in the second half.

The 32-year-old has made no secret of his desire to play Origin footy again and is excited at the chance to test himself against the best when the Titans take on the Broncos at CBus Super Stadium on Friday night.

“It’s a huge test and I like it,’’ Shillington said of the Broncos match.

“You’ve got to enjoy the challenge and there’s no lack of challenges in their forward pack, they’ve got internationals in there — Adam Blair and Corey Parker and Matt Gillett; Josh Maguire is not far off being an international, he’s already played Origin, and they’ve got a fairly crafty hooker there too.

“There’s no breaks in the middle, there’s no players you can do a soft tackle on and get away with it.’’

Shillington said former Origin coach Mal Meninga had told him when he was dropped that he was not “out of the frame for things in the future’’.

And while he would love to win another Maroon jersey, Shillington said just being in the conversation would be a win.

“It’s so special to you and so important and I loved every minute of it, so I was so filthy with the loss of my own performance and the team’s performance,’’ he said.

“You don’t get a chance to redeem yourself, that’s the hard thing about Origin.

“It’s premature for me to talk about my own future in Origin but if I can keep stringing my games together and be in the mix, that’s an achievement too to be honest.

“(My form) is getting there. There were some good runs on the weekend and obviously I was pretty excited about my try but I’ve still got some things to work on as well.’’

He’ll attack those in the coming days ahead of the Broncos clash, a match he said the Titans should savour.

“It’s probably going to be our biggest game of the year unless something comes down to the wire later in the season.

“A Friday night game versus the Broncos at home, that’s the ultimate.

“There’s no lack of motivation, I’m excited about it.’’