"The Bulldogs arranged for 17-year-old To’omaga to live in a boarding house with other young rugby league players. While he made friends with the other boys — including now-Warriors forward James Gavet — he was the only one contracted to Canterbury. Most of the others were with Wests Tigers. The club also organised work for him, labouring with landscapers. “I was digging holes every day with some of the older boys then I would go to training. That was my routine for the whole first year I was here,” To’omaga said."