Like many a young man before him, new Breakers import Kerron Johnson is still finding his feet after moving away from home to begin his professional life.
The 22-year-old has been fielding regular phone calls inquiring about his progress but, rather than his parents on the other end of the line, it's been the Breakers' owners keeping tabs on their new recruit.
"Paul and Liz [Blackwell] call almost every other day just to make sure I'm okay," Johnson said of his new support network. "But it's not just them. I talk to coach [Dean Vickerman] on a daily basis and it's a complete group effort.
"Everybody's in the same area, so whenever you need something you just call them, no matter what time of day it is, and they'll answer. Me being away from home and this being my first professional job, I think I got extremely lucky and blessed to be in an organisation like this."
As invaluable as the guidance has been to the American's adjustment period, he strikes one as being more than capable of looking after himself. Johnson could have been in for a severe case of culture shock after swapping Belmont University in Tennessee for the bottom of the world, but he has seemed unflappable.