League great Sonny Bill Williams has mapped out how TJ Perenara can make a successful switch from rugby to the NRL.
All Blacks halfback Perenara is in talks with the Sydney Roosters - where SBW won a title - over joining the glamour Sydney club when his stint in Japanese rugby ends this year.
And Williams has talked with his former All Blacks teammate about the move.
Williams told Nine that Perenara could be introduced to the NRL as a bench player, moving between dummy half and five-eighth.
"I would see him as a hybrid," said Williams, who won two World Cups with the All Blacks after making a code switch himself.