GRAHAM Appo is prepared to make any sacrifice to rediscover the 'dream team' form he showed in 2003 and to secure a contract extension at the end of the year.

The 30-year-old utility back, pictured right, has turned his back on daily golf and surfing trips on the sun kissed Australian Gold Cost to return early for pre-season training with Warrington Wolves.

He has vowed to work like a Trojan to get himself at peak fitness for the start of the season and he is willing to play in any position on the park.

Appo showed sparkling form at stand off in 2003 as a fill in for injured skipper Lee Briers.

The Aussie revelled in the extra creative responsibility after moving in from the wing and would love nothing more than to regain a half back role in 2005. But he accepts that the team comes first and he will be happy with any starting slot, specially after such an anticlimactic second full season at the club.

Appo was dogged by hamstring problems in 2004. He missed seven of Wolves' first 10 games and struggled with fitness and form from then on in.

He said: "The hamstring problems were always at the back of my mind last year. They were hard to come back from but hopefully that's all behind me now and I'll have a good year.

"My contract runs out at the end of the season and it is up to me to prove my worth. I would like to stay here for another couple of years but Paul Cullen has brought in a lot of backs.

"There's going to be plenty of cut throat competition next season but if I train hard anything can happen.

"I've been training with Tommy O'Reilly back home. We have been doing plenty of weight work and I feel strong - stronger than last year that's for sure."

Appo is set to play all of the club's pre-season friendlies at stand off. His aim is to play well and stake an early claim for a half back slot in Super League X.