At 26 he was the youngest player to reach 50 caps, heisalready the country's most-capped back, and with 22 tries he needs three more scores to take that crown too.
An ex who is successful at winning back the love of his life already knows what he needs to do without having to ask, he knows his past works against him so tries extra hard to overcome past history, and he backs up what he says with actions and real substance.
Meanwhile, Aussie battler Lleyton Hewitt is out on Court Five and clearly means business as he prepares for his final-four clash with the defending champion Roger Federer - he has already put on his trademark back-to-front white baseball cap and is scampering around as though there is no tomorrow.
While Smallwood was disappointed with the timing issues, he remained upbeat about the longer than expected lag time and believes that sales will bounce back as 777 isalready providing Silver Wheaton with strong deliveries.