There's Stanley Gene, the enigmatic playmaker with the mystery date of birth; Charlie Wabo, the dreadlocked assassin who terrorised World Cup defences; and Raymond Kahl, nicknamed ``Cow'' because he looked and ran like one; and then there's Keith Peters.

However the 23-year-old Penrith hooker has not reached personality status in PNG and is noted just for his playing, which is a major reason why PNG will join Australia, NZ and England in the 2010 Four Nations.

``In my eyes a lot of our success is down to him,'' PNG coach Adrian Lam said.

``Keith is my eyes and voice on the field as our organiser he is number one, he gets things done.''

But it hasn't been easy for the kid from Hanuabaea village, just outside Port Moresby.

After moving to Australia in 1993, Peters worked his way up the Penrith junior ranks.

Two lots of surgery, following an impressive but wearing World Cup campaign last year, left him struggling to break back into the Panthers first-grade rotation. He spent most of the 2009 season with feeder club Windsor.

``The first thing that comes to mind is representing PNG,'' Peters said of overcoming the setbacks.

``This is where I was born, this is where I grew up,'' he said.

``I want to come here and make myself and my family proud. It definitely is special, you know, being part of the Kumuls.''

Of PNG's surprise competitiveness last year he said: ``The World Cup helped a lot.

``We learned a lot from it and gained a lot of confidence in that we can compete with the best teams in the world, and I think that's starting to show now.''