It's a funny thing, sport. Zac Woolford was on the rugby league scrapheap, playing for the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup without an NRL contract in sight.
But a season-ending injury to Josh Hodgson knocked a Canberra door ajar where the Woolford name's famous.
He played three games in the NSW Cup for the Canberra Raiders before being parachuted into the NRL side as the starting rake to form a dummy-half partnership with Tom Starling.