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Olam inspired by the warrior ways of Matai – NRL.COM
Justin Olam has turned into a fearsome centre for the Storm with and without the football and it was the warrior ways of former Sea Eagles centre Steve Matai that inspired his NRL dream.
Powerhouse Storm centre Justin Olam credits former Sea Eagles star Steve Matai for helping him become a fearsome proposition.
In a recent NRL.com fans poll two-time premiership-winning Matai was voted by 80,000 fans as the hardest hitter of the last 30 years.
Olam stands at just 178cm and weighs in at 92kg. Matai, at 182cm and 94kg, was no Mal Meninga in size, but he hit like a freight train. Olam wanted to be just like that.
The 26-year-old had always wanted to be a centre and was a keen wat…
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