He's the one-armed rugby league player who is inspiring his teammates, but West Belconnen Warriors forward Luke Snedden simply enjoys being one of the boys.
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If you only looked at the amount of work he gets through in a game, you wouldn't know the 19-year-old was born with his left arm cut off at the forearm.
From the time he started playing rugby league at the age of six, people have doubted whether Snedden could play against able-bodied rivals.
Could he catch the ball? Could he tackle? Could he pass?
He has proven them wrong at every stage.
"I was born with one arm, I grew up with it and I'm used to it now," Snedden said.
"When people see me, they're a bit confused or don't think I'll be able to do it.
"For me, it's natural."
Snedden has made an immediate impact at the Warriors at his first season at the club, earning a spot on the bench in the club's first-grade side in the Canberra Raiders Cup.
He moved to Canberra at the start of this year with older brother Simon from the NSW country town of Young. Simon knew the club through former Raiders under-20 player Haydon Hodge.
But Snedden doesn't just make up the numbers - last year he was named in the Group Nine team of the year after his debut first-grade season with the Young Cherrypickers.
"My whole family's footy orientated, I grew up into footy and from being used to it at an early age it just comes naturally," Snedden said.
"It's been a bit of an escape for me my whole life and I enjoy getting out there and having a dig.
"With my arm, when people see that I can actually do it, their perspective of me is like another person."
Warriors coach Justin Giteau said Luke hadn't missed a beat and that he had no issues picking him in first grade.
"When the boys see him throwing himself at blokes double his size and the courage he's shown, it inspires them to do the same," Giteau said.
"It's sort of like a taboo, no-one says much about it, they treat him as they would anyone else.
"He's in there giving his best.
"He's got their respect for the way he trains and the way he plays."
The Warriors players haven't given Snedden any special treatment, nor have the players he has faced from rival teams week to week.
He wouldn't want any if they tried.
"They didn't treat me any differently, they just treated me like one of the boys," Snedden said.
"They never took my arm as a bad thing, they were very welcoming.
"I haven't felt like an outsider at all."
CANBERRA RAIDERS CUP
Saturday: Goulburn Bulldogs v Queanbeyan Blues at Workers Arena, 2pm. Queanbeyan Kangaroos v Tuggeranong Bushrangers at Freebody Oval, 3pm. Woden Valley Rams v Gungahlin Bulls at Phillip Oval, 3pm.
Sunday: West Belconnen Warriors v Belconnen United Scholars at Raiders Belconnen, 3pm.
