Justin Olam has already felt the joy of one premiership win this year. While most Melbourne Storm players were kicking back and preparing for a week off after their qualifying final victory, Olam was riding home the Lae Snax Tigers in Papua New Guinea's Digicel Cup. "It's their fourth premiership in six years,' Olam said. "They're a pretty good team. They've got a really good coach, and a good squad there. "They are known for getting players out of nothing and making them into something." "Without them I wouldn't be here," Olam said. "They gave me the opportunity. I was at uni at the time and they were very open with the (training) schedule. "My coach used to tell me if you have to study or you can't make it to training just tell me and I'll be OK with it. "If we played a Sunday game that was a bus trip away, they would give me a car so I could make it back early to make the Monday to go to school." But first, his own title awaits. And potentially a Dally M centre of the year gong to go with his continual rise. "That's the sacrifice I have to make to follow my dream," he said.
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