He's the Fijian flyer who slipped through the Canberra Raiders' fingers and now he's looking to help end Parramatta's 13-year drought in the capital.
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Eels winger Maika Sivo is just four games into his NRL career, but he's quickly become a Cinderella story.
The 25-year-old has links to the Raiders, having played NSW Cup for the Mounties in 2016, but he also has strong roots in Gundagai.
He helped the Gundagai Tigers to their first premiership in 32 years back in 2015.
Despite it being his first ever season of rugby league, he scored 28 tries in 17 games.
He ended up in the Penrith system, before joining the Eels.
But Canberra Stadium hasn't been a happy hunting ground for Parramatta - they haven't won there since 2006, which was their only win in the ACT in their past 13 attempts.
His season with Mounties isn't the only link with Canberra - Tigers secretary Marty Hay and president Dave Trout were both co-owners of Single Gaze.
They were part of the rollercoaster ride with Canberra trainer Nick Olive that led to the Caulfield and Melbourne cups.
But Sivo's story started in Momi, a village in Fiji, where Don and Kathy Tuckwell decided to bring him, his brother and two others back to Gundagai to play for the Tigers.
From there the country NSW town became his second home, the Tuckwell's his second family and Sunday's clash between the Raiders and Eels will be like a home game for Gundagains.
Hay caught up with Sivo on Friday - he was down at Penrith to watch his son Jake play for the Panthers under-16s and the Fijian was in the crowd.
"He's a Gundagai local mate, this is his second home, other than Momi," Hay said.
"He proudly calls Don and Kathy Tuckwell his second parents. When they were here in Gundagai they were just an asset to the town, the four of them.
"They didn't cause one ounce of problem, they worked hard, they never missed a training run, they were always happy and affable ... and the town's really proud of him the way he's worked hard and achieved his dream playing in the NRL."
Cameron Woo could lay claim to being the man who taught Sivo everything he knows about rugby league, but he doesn't.
He was the Tigers captain-coach who ended their premiership drought - their first title since 1983.
Woo said while the Tigers travel to play Young on Sunday, there would still be a few who would be there to watch Sivo play in Canberra.
"Gundagai's claimed him as their own," he said. "In a way, the Canberra game, seeing Maika there's almost like a home game for Gundagai."
While Woo got Sivo "pretty raw", he said he was always destined for "big things".
He's scored two tries in his opening four NRL games, made two line breaks, 16 tackle busts and he's averaging 149 run metres per game.
But he's facing a big test against the Raiders - going head-to-head with New Zealand international Jordan Rapana and his centre-partner-in-crime Joey Leilua.
"[Sivo]'s going really well and Parramatta seem like they have a new-found confidence, but in saying that he's up against some of the best outside backs in the competition," Woo said.
"He's up against the inform centre-winger in the comp. He'll have his work cut out for him, but if he continues on his form I've got no doubt he'll handle himself pretty well."
NRL ROUND FIVE
Sunday: Canberra Raiders v Parramatta Eels at Canberra Stadium, 6.10pm.
Raiders squad: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2. Nick Cotric, 3. Jarrod Croker (c), 4. Joey Leilua, 5. Jordan Rapana, 6. Jack Wighton, 7. Sam Williams, 8. Josh Papalii, 9. Josh Hodgson (c), 10. Dunamis Lui, 11. John Bateman, 12. Elliott Whitehead, 13. Ryan Sutton. Interchange: 14. Siliva Havili, 15. Hudson Young, 16. Sia Soliola, 17. Joe Tapine. Reserves: 18. Royce Hunt, 19. Aidan Sezer, 20. Bailey Simonsson, 21. JJ Collins.
Eels squad: 1. Clint Gutherson (c), 2. Maika Sivo, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Brad Takairangi, 5. Blake Ferguson, 6. Jaeman Salmon, 7. Mitch Moses, 8. Daniel Alvaro, 9. Reed Mahoney, 10. Junior Paulo, 11. Shaun Lane, 12. Marata Niukore, 13. Tepai Moeroa. Interchange: 14. Peni Terepo, 15. Tim Mannah, 16. Kane Evans, 17. Oregon Kaufusi. Reserves: 18. David Gower, 19. Ray Stone, 20. Josh Hoffman, 21. Bevan French.