Ask Adam O'Brien who his best forward has been this season and given the form of Blues prop Daniel Saifiti, the consistency of hooker Jayden Brailey and the toughness of Mitch Barnett, the Knights coach will probably surprise a few people.
"Jacob [Saifiti] has been our best forward," he says without a second thought. "He's been outstanding for us, not just with his carries and his defence but more so with all the little effort areas of the game.
"He's also got this good combination going with Connor [Watson] and the way he's lifted us coming off the bench is probably the reason why that's where I've kept picking him. I haven't wanted to lose that impact from him."
Out of necessity though, that changes on Sunday.
With his twin brother out and fellow prop David Klemmer sidelined through suspension, Saifiti finds himself starting against the Eels alongside Jesse Sue.
They face a huge challenge leading a heavily-depleted, young Knights side into battle against a near full-strength Eels side coming off consecutive losses and looking to atone.
"We're obviously going to be missing Daniel and Klem and me and Jess have got to take on a lot of responsibility with a pretty young team this week," he said.
"I just look at it as a challenge and a great opportunity. I'm not going to try and do Daniel and Klem's job at the same time - it will bring me undone if I try and play too much. But I've got to be better than I've been all season and I've got to do it from the get go and maintain it through the game.
"I need to be the one to lead us and set the standard."
Saifiti said starting is a whole new ball-game to coming into the game after 20 minutes when fatigue has become a factor.
"I started a few times last year when Daniel was out with his foot so it's not going to be a shock," he said. "But starting is a lot different to coming off the bench and I learned that last year.
"Just with my energy, when you are coming off the bench, you can really front-load it but if you do that starting and you don't get your second wind, 12 minutes in, you are already gassed. That happened to me last year against Souths when I was really struggling after 10 or 12 minutes.
"So, without taking short-cuts, I have to be a lot smarter with my energy and probably not take that extra carry in a set that you might do when you come on fresh off the bench.
"I learnt a lot of little things in and around that last year so hopefully I get it right on Sunday."
