Some players view a mountain in font of them as blocking their path, but Max Plath saw it as an obstacle to be jumped over.
When the son of four-time Broncos premiership winner John Plath was in the Broncos system he was a playmaker aiming to line up in the NRL halves.
The fact the 24-year-old Dolphins everywhere man will now make his State of Origin debut for Queensland as a starting lock is a tribute to his nous between the ears and on the park.
"Once you realise you're not good enough to make it in the NRL as a halfback you've got to figure it out," Plath said.
"It was a wake-up call when I went to the Broncos. Ezra Mam and Adam Reynolds were there, and just some really quality players coming through. I said, 'oh, shit'.
