There is plenty of Paphos in this story of Canberra's newest signing, the 22-year-old Wigan forward who once made 72 tackles in a game.
No, not the evocation of pity and sympathy. That's pathos.
The party town in Cyprus: Paphos.
"I had my mate's wedding in Paphos for a week," Morgan Smithies, who has just been added to Shaun Wane's England squad for the final Test against Tonga, tells NRL.com while in camp in Leeds.
"It was Brad Singleton, who I used to play at Wigan with. Waney rang me and said he wants me to come into camp so from holiday I ended up coming...