Ollie Pascoe, a 26-year-old tradie, rises from Ipswich Jets to the Titans, becoming their fittest player and NRL hooker.
Fitness freak Ollie Pascoe is the 26-year-old tradie that is about to squeeze an NRL premiership-winning hooker out of the Gold Coast Titans.
Pascoe will make his fifth NRL appearance for the Titans against Canberra on Saturday at Cbus Super Stadium after coming from the clouds.
As recently as a year ago, Pascoe thought his dream of playing in the NRL had passed him by when he was running around for the Ipswich Jets in the Hostplus Cup and working as a tiler.
But he went on to be crowned the competition's player-of-the-year in 2025 and earned a train-and-trial opportunity with the Titans.
Pascoe turned that six-week pre-season shot into a cut-price NRL contract after becoming the fittest player at the Titans with his enormous aerobic engine.