The re-emergence of Radike Samo is what Hollywood scripts are made of, writes Gerry Thornley in the Irish Times.
"It is perhaps, on the face of it, the story of the World Cup. A 33-year-old, deemed too fat and slow, is given a short-term contract with the Queensland Reds. His performances earn a two-year contract, he plays a starring role in their historic Super 15 title and revives a Test career that had stalled for seven years to become a shock inclusion in Australia’s 30-man squad, scores a match-winning try in the Tri-Nations decider and begins the World Cup as their starting number eight. You could hardly make it up.
"But this is the world, right now, of Radike Samo, a typically easy-going Fijian freak of nature who was simply born to play rugby. One imagines, save for one or two opponents beaten out of his path or left eating his dust, Samo doesn’t have an enemy in the world.'"
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