Toby Rudolf struggles with swimming, shares personal stories, and embraces honesty in rugby league.
Toby Rudolf is not a good swimmer, struggling so much with attachment issues as a kid he was pulled out of lessons and then forced to wear floaties during school visits to the pool.
He still hates it as a 29-year-old man, but does it weekly anyway with former Australian swim coach Alan Thompson at Caringbah pool.
One of the game's great characters and unfiltered speakers, the Cronulla prop has told fans everything from the times he's soiled his undies on the field, to his fluid sexuality and stories of his upbringing with his mum Susan in Maroubra.
His honesty and complexity is a breath of fresh air in rugby league.
Now, ahead of Saturday's sudden death finals clash with Canberra, Rudolf has opened up about why his weekly wobbly...