Four months ago Siliva Havili had a U-Haul van, a baby on the way and a podiatry degree.
Now he shapes as the Canberra Raiders key man in their bid to return to finals footy.
Tonga's fateful World Cup campaign presented as both an opportunity, and a dirty big spanner in the works of the off-contract hooker, who played alternating games of phone tag with a heavily pregnant wife in New Zealand and a real estate agent in Wollongong.
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https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2018/02/26/how-tongas-world-cup-run-gave-havili-a-lifeline/