The 18-year-old has been named at centre. Howarth comes from a rugby union background in Brisbane and has represented the Australian Schoolboys and Queensland Under 18s in 2019. The decision to fend-off career prospects with the Queensland Reds and Wallabies, then sign a contract with the Melbourne Storm was a big one, but is paying off with the teen set to be unleashed this weekend. Mawhinney said Howarth was definitely an up and comer in the game. "To let him unleash will be pretty exciting," he said. "He'll be a handy one for us - I haven't seen too much of him but I've kept an eye on him coming through the grades.