All of which means that when he took the call from Rugby Australia to canvas his interest in the First Nations & Pasifika XV, there was only ever going to be one answer. “The players will never get an opportunity like this again, probably in their lives. I think the Pasifika team and First Nations team will be very passionate,” Ella said. “Normally in a game you’d swap your jumpers with the Lions, but I’m thinking, no, keep those jumpers instead of giving them away. They’re representing their countries, they’re representing their communities and they’re representing their families. “We keep on saying it, but this has never been done before. What we want to do is make sure that when we play the game in Melbourne, whether we win or lose, that we do our countries proud.”