Henry Speight will look to replicate the energy and passion his cousin Radike Samo brought to the Reds to discover his best football after the age of 30.
The flyer joins the Reds on a two-year deal this season after playing 119 games for the Brumbies between 2011 and 2019.
And he will immediately become Queensland's elder statesman as the only player over the age of 30 in the Reds' squad.
While JP Smith turns 30 later this month and James O'Connor in July, Speight, who turns 32 in March, brings not only a Test pedigree to strengthen the backline but experience that will be invaluable to the young Reds squad.
But with a slew of young players nipping at his heels, Speight knows he won't just be walking into the team.
"It's something I really look forward to and embrace," Speight said of the competition.
"There's a lot of promising talent - there's Filipo (Daugunu), Jock (Campbell), Jack (Hardy).
"But in saying that, I am the oldest in the group and the only one over 30, so I've brought the averages up a little bit. I'm here to grow as a player despite my age.
"Thorny (Reds coach Brad Thorn) was a great example of that, so I try to live to that."
Another example comes from closer to home.
"Another player, a Fijian as well who embraced the challenges was Radike Samo, a cousin of mine," Speight said.
"He's got the hair and I've got that too, so hopefully that puts me in good stead.
"It is a good challenge. I'm here to grow as much as I can, as much as him."
Like Samo, Speight is likely to become an instant cult hero in Queensland. But there was much more to Samo than the attention-catching 'fro and Speight is hoping to replicate his on-field heroics.
After signing a short-term contract with the Reds in 2010 as injury cover for James Horwill, Samo stayed on and won a Super Rugby competition with Queensland on his 35th birthday, before becoming the oldest player to turn out for the Wallabies in a Tri-Nations Test.
Speight played 19 Tests for the Wallabies between 2014 and 2017 after standout form for the Brumbies and while it was a tough decision to leave the capital, he is embracing new beginnings in Queensland.
"It was a very tough decision that had to be made with the mind and not the heart," he said of leaving Canberra.
"In saying that, I'm very grateful for the past nine seasons I've had with the Brumbies. It's allowed me to set myself up, set my family up and literally have that opportunity at life.
"At the end of the day, it's a business and a decision had to be made by the Brumbies and I fully respect it.
"I'm very, very grateful to be offered a place here and to come in and be embraced as just one of the boys, it was just very easy for me to come in and integrate.
"People asked me about my partner and my son and how we were travelling and if there was anything that we need.
"Those little things, apart from the training and the rugby stuff is something I really hold dear and for them to be asking me all the personal things, it's very special and I feel really connected to the squad."
It's a squad he already believes can do special things - despite not having yet played a match in the maroon jersey.
"I think I can only go by the squad we have now and from playing against them," he said of gauging the Reds' potential.
"(The Brumbies') game up here last March, we probably would have amassed the Reds' Super Rugby caps as a collective by just six players in the Brums.
"I think the average age for the Reds that day was 22 or something, so to be able to beat a very experienced side, it is very exciting.
"To be here and see the growth and being able to be a part of that growth, it's just a matter of being able to bring that excitement and talent and work ethic in the right way.
"You learn from last season and try and be a more consistent unit this year."
