One Cleary at helm enough

PENRITH star Nathan Cleary has shied away from any talk of taking the captaincy next year, saying it would lead to suggestions of nepotism.

“I think that’ll be a bit of favouritism, there’d be a bit of controversy about that,” Cleary said.

The 21- year- old admitted being coached by his father felt “weird” initially, but he was relieved to put the saga surrounding Ivan’s return from Wests Tigers behind them.

“It got pretty bad at stages. Any time your family name gets brought into disrepute, it’s not a great time,” Nathan said.

“I’m very happy ( now).”