Ricky Stuart hails competitive nature of Jordan Rapana, returning from head injury with metal plate.
Jordan Rapana's one of the most competitive players Ricky Stuart has coached.
It's why the evergreen fullback didn't think twice about putting his body on the line when he returned from a sickening head fracture that required a metal plate and 60 stitches to fix.
Rapana also could have suffered brain damage if he'd received another knock in the same spot to where an accidental head clash left an indentation just above his right eye back in 2014.