By MARK CASHMAN

Rohan Saifoloi has a simple formula for how he wants to go about his business with Eastern Suburbs when the 2021 Shute Shield kicks off in a little under three weeks.

The 29-year-old well-travelled Manu Samoa representative has come back to Sydney from Brisbane for what could be his final crack at a bit of Shute Shield glory, this time with the Beasties.

Shute Shield types are more used to seeing him in the candy stripes of Southern Districts but as Saifoloi pointed out challenges come at you in a lot of different ways.

“I don’t want to be the hero,” Saifoloi told Rugby News this week of his mission at Woollahra Oval.

“I just want to work bloody hard, try and be consistent at training during the week and on game day and try and lead the boys around the field.