Josh Hodgson or Michael Oldfield are the teacher's pet as part of 12 Canberra Raiders who have gone back to school to tune up the Green Machine both on and off the field.
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They're all studying a certificate IV in elite athlete wellbeing management through the Wellbeing Science Institute.
Raiders hooker Siliva Havili is already a fully qualified podiatrist - although he's yet to use it - but he's one of those that's using the course to not only improve himself but the rest of the club as well.
The course looks at the wellbeing of all of the footballer. Sleep. Fitness. Mental health. Finances. The whole kit and kaboodle.
Havili's primary aim was to help both himself and his family.
"This is just mainly for individual knowledge and getting to know myself better," he said.
"I'm just getting that knowledge behind myself and that's good knowledge for myself, and for helping others out there and my family too."
But it also has the flow on effect of giving him the knowledge to help his teammates as well.
"It's good not only for the club, us individually, but also for the game," Havili said. "The NRL's put a big emphasis on [wellbeing] and it's pretty cool that it's all driven by the boys here too."
When asked the important question: Who's the teacher's pet?
Havili didn't take long to come up with an answer.
"Teacher's pet would probably be Oldie or Hodgey."
NRL ROUND FIVE
Sunday: Canberra Raiders v Parramatta Eels at Canberra Stadium, 6.10pm. Tickets available from Ticketek.
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.
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, 20. Josh Hoffman.