Zac Hosking jokes his old man David - a former Manly and South Sydney hardman - isn't always the first bloke he'll go to for advice about rugby league.
"He's a bit outdated for how the game is these days," Hosking grinned.
But that uncompromising style may just play into Hosking's hands as, with his boxes unpacked at new housemate Tom Starling's place, he begins life under Ricky Stuart at the Canberra Raiders.