We love the mighty Canberra Raiders
When he made his NRL debut for the Gold Coast in 2008 at just 17 years of age, Jordan Rapana was a revelation.
In that same year, he had been playing for the Gold Coast Titans' NYC under-20s team. He entered the NRL competition in Round 18 of that 2008 season and scored five tries in his first five games.
He then disappeared from the NRL radar for the next six years.
Jordan headed to England and Wales on a Mormon mission for two years before embarking on a period of self-discovery.
Three years after returning to his small NSW hometown, former NRL player Josh McCrone led the Temora Dragons to their first minor premiership in nearly two decades.
But McCrone, a former Raiders player turned coach-captain for the local team, quickly shuts down any suggestion he might be a hero in the Riverina town of 6000 people.
Temora offers me a lot more than I offer Temora, there's no doubt about that, McCrone told AAP.
Temora is a pretty cool little town, it's a tight-knit community where your kids can walk down the street and you know everyone's name.
McCrone was living and training in Manchester, England, when...
Eamonn Tiernan is the NRL editor at foxsports.com.au and he writes Extra Time fortnightly.
Broncos coach Kevin Walters knew the heat would come thick and fast if he signed his son Billy - but he did it anyway.
It wasn't a tough decision, if you can't trust your own son then who can you trust? Kevvie told foxsports.com.au.
Billy had played a handful of NRL games at the point, but it was a tough love conversation from dad around 12 months later that turned him into a bona fide first-grader.