Canberra’s English hooker Josh Hodgson hit the ground running in his first season of the NRL but says being his own biggest critic will push him harder in his second full season for the Raiders.

Second-year syndrome gets spoken about a lot in rugby league circles but Hodgson is hoping that isn’t the case and he can improve on what was an impressive debut in the Nation’s Capital.

“I’ll never be happy with my game but I’ll be constantly working hard to make sure I’m better each week,” Hodgson told NRL.com.

“I review each week, different options [in games] where I’ve done something good or where I could maybe have played a different option or taken a different decision on a pass or where I’ve just lost a tackle where I could have maybe won it back.

“I think it’s just about constantly reviewing yourself and reviewing the little things after you’ve finished training as well because it’s all well and good doing the basics when you’re training and doing all the team moves but you need to go away and do those little 10 per cent extra basics every day to make sure when it comes to a game you’ve already done them a thousand times.”

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