Thomas Cant recalls playing five different positions in the same game this season.
Prop, lock, hooker and both back-rows.
It's why the homegrown utility feels confident about answering any call from Newcastle Knights coach Justin Holbrook come Sunday's NRL grand final against the Roosters in Sydney.
"Wherever he needs me I'll be ready to go and ready to win a comp hopefully," Cant told the Newcastle Herald from club headquarters this week.
The 24-year-old, who wasn't born the last time Newcastle played in a men's decider, has been an unused substitute on the six-man bench during the last two finals games.
He played a 13-minute cameo against the Rabbitohs first up in play-offs.
But in the wake of Phoenix Crossland's four-match suspension, handed down at the judiciary on Tuesday night, Cant may end up with a more specific role on October 4.
Back-up hooker to Harrison Graham or even starting as dummy-half are among options for the East Maitland Griffins junior.
"Definitely ready for that. I'm lucky enough that I've played some games at hooker this year, so it's not an unknown place to be if I need to step in there on Sunday," Cant said before Crossland's midweek hearing.
"Hopefully Phoenix comes through - he's been our best player all year and he's one of my best mates. He's worked so hard.
"But if he doesn't I'm ready to step into any role, or specifically that role, and do a job so this team can win."
Cant could get deployed elsewhere in the forward pack as part of the rotation or stay on the pine with uncapped rookie Diesel Hagan, a more specialist No.9, also named in Newcastle's extended 22-man squad this week.
The group trained together in front of over 10,000 fans at McDonald Jones Stadium on Wednesday.
But what about the time Cant played a handful of positions inside 80 minutes of NRL action?
"It's been a good year. Obviously, compared to last year, getting beaten," he said.
"I'm just happy to be that team player and we've been winning games this year.
"I think one game there, maybe against the Roosters, I played left back-row, right back-row, front-row, hooker and lock. Five positions in one game.
"But I'm happy to do that, wherever Justo [coach Holbrook] needs me to play and do a role and to win the game for the team.
"I've told him that and he knows that and me as a player, it only makes me get better and become more resilient. Just helping me build my NRL career."
Only 29 players have previously represented the Knights in an NRL decider, with five (Andrew Johns, Billy Peden, Mark Hughes, Robbie O'Davis, Adam MacDougall) doubling up for 1997 and 2001.
"For us to be stepping into that history is something else," Cant said.
Stories had been passed down the generations of his Hunter family, but another stands out above the rest.
"My father and my grandfather and other older mentors in my life told me how special it was," Cant said.
"But what really sticks out to me is hearing off [assistant coach] Danny Buderus, how much passion comes out of him when he's told me.
"I know he told me a couple of years ago 'mate, when you get the chance, and it's going to happen for this team, it will be so special and I just want you guys to feel it.'
"Now that we're experiencing the feeling, it's something you can't explain."
In terms of running out to a packed-out Accor Stadium for the end-of-season showdown in 2026, particularly wearing red and blue.
"Absolutely a dream come true," Cant said.
"Never thought I'd be able to play in one especially for the Knights.
"I was pretty grateful to play one game of NRL let alone run out for my home club. Something I can't describe."
Cant, an All Saints College graduate along with the likes of Cody Hopwood and Lachlan Crouch, says that local link adds an "extra layer of gratefulness."
"You represent more than just your teammates when you run out there on Sunday," he said.
Cant also attended primary school at St Joseph's, East Maitland, before joining the Knights junior representative ranks which included a Jersey Flegg Cup final loss (19-18) to the Panthers in golden point in 2022.
He has notched up 39 NRL appearances, a little under half (17) this campaign.
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