It's one of the hardest things Jack Wighton's had to do - take good mate Jarrod Croker's place in the Canberra Raiders centres.
The 30-year-old knows every game from here on in could be his last, labelling rumours he could backflip on his decision to join South Sydney "absolute lies".
A loss in the Raiders' elimination final against the red-hot Newcastle Knights at Newcastle on Sunday would end his time in lime green.