Before Charlie Gamble was terrorising Super Rugby breakdowns, the flanker had a much quieter introduction to Australian Rugby.
Gamble reflected on his roots as part of Super Rugby Pacific's club round, starting his time in Australia playing for Petersham, Australia's oldest suburban rugby club, in the Kentwell Cup.
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Whilst most players in Super Rugby in Australia come through either the Shute Shield or their state's equivalent, Gamble started in the top division of suburban Rugby.
He made the move over in 2018, working as a delivery driver on the side before helping them to the title.
The Crusaders Academy product had fallen out of love with the game when Petersham's Matt Adams messaged him over social media to enquire if he was keen to come to Australia.
"His CV was floating around and I'd picked up he'd won the Jack Hobbs Medal and that he was a high-level player," Adams told reporters.
"...We knew it wasn't going to be long [before he was picked up by a higher level], we played him at number eight and he was so big and strong."
As Adams says, "the rest from there was history", as Gamble was picked up shortly afterwards by Easts and signed with the Waratahs.
"I did a bit of research before I came over here, and I understood that there was the Shute Shield, which was the premier comp, and then there was the Suburban comp. But for me it was something a bit deeper than that," Gamble explained.
"I wanted to find my love for the game again and settle into Sydney, and this was the perfect platform for me, and I really enjoyed it.
"I'd had a few injuries and selections not going my way, and I dropped my head a little bit. It was that pressure of being a bit of a superstar as a teenager and the expectation from close friends and family to succeed, not doing that was really disappointing to let them down."
Gamble relished the start and subsequent connections the club provided him, who still support him to this day.
The star flanker still gives back to the club, helping inspire the next generation of flankers and kids wanting to make the same leap.
"The best thing about rugby is that you can move country and straight away you connect with the club, and you've got 100 mates just like that," Gamble explained.
"Those mates then have connections that they were able to get me jobs and good friends who play for the love of the game. They don't play for anything else. To be able to come down every Saturday, play with mates for the love of the game and then have beers after and enjoy that aspect as well, that was pretty cool."
