All this was delivered in a wry, deadpan manner, so much so that it was impossible to decide just how serious Te'o was. What it does show, however, is that the 30-year-old has been fully integrated into a squad full of different types, who mesh well together, as shown by the manner in which, time and again, they have come through tricky situations to win.
Te'o is a popular figure, assured and down to earth to the point where fullback Mike Brown could publicly single him out him as the worst performer in the backline of the EyeGym drills conducted by new vision coach Sherylle Calder.
Te'o has improved since being a wild-card pick for the tour to Australia last summer despite having then yet to play for his Premiership club, Worcester Warriors, after signing from Leinster.
Te'o, a Samoan rugby league international who played State of Origin for Queensland where had moved to from Auckland as a teenager, is the cross-code convert who looks to set to do for England what it was hoped Sam Burgess might achieve.
Like many New Zealand-reared kids, Te'o dabbled in both sports before focusing on league.
He has shown well from the bench in his four appearances, as he showed when running the right line on to Owen Farrell's pass to save the day for England last Saturday.
His temperament is sound. He will be unfazed by the tribal hoopla that surrounds a Wales-England fixture.