Stress was never likely to claim Sitiveni Sivivatu but he did create apoplexy amongst the All Blacks.
When he scored two tries against them for the sparky but short-lived Pacific Islanders in 2004, all sorts of alarms were ringing for the home side at Albany.
A year later he was wearing black in his All Black debut against his native Fiji and scoring four tries with a mix of brilliant footwork, superb changes of pace and intuition.
Sivivatu played 46 tests with a strong streak lasting through the Lions visit in 2005 until the World Cup when he was underused. His tryscoring and general play on tour against France in 2009 was another reminder of the tricks the All Blacks missed two years before.
His latter seasons were troubled by injury until he took up a contract in Europe where he was still playing strongly enough to be a finalist in the player of the year awards last season.