As Canterbury eye a finals berth in 2023, Kyle Flanagan just wants to be himself

Kyle Flanagan has copped plenty of stick in his brief NRL career.  (Getty Images: Jason McCawley)

For somebody who's barely played 50 NRL games, Kyle Flanagan has had to wear plenty of hats already.

He was a record-setting pointscorer on a gun junior side at Cronulla and counted as a prospect of note before he was thrown into the fire as an ill-fated replacement for Cooper Cronk at the Roosters.