League Confidential: Can Ken Sutcliffe help Reni Maitua shine in Cleo Bachelor of the Year? Clockwise from left: Ken Sutcliffe, Max Brown, Reni Maitua, Andrew Ettingshausen, Darryl Brohman. RENI Maitua will wake in Mudgee today with a mission. "Yeah, he's desperate to seek out Kenny Sutcliffe," Eels prop Mitchell Allgood tells us. Reckons if anyone can help him win this Cleo Bachelor thing, it's 'ol sexy eyes. Yep, despite boasting the type of neck tattoo that once belonged only on serial killers, Parramatta skipper Maitua is league's sole representative in the 2013 Cleo Bachelor of the Year. Nestled among 50 finalists, Maitua is set to square off against types like The Voice host Darren McMullen and The Daily Telegraph's Business Editor Phil Jacob. And while the tattooed forward, in Mudgee for Sunday's Gold Coast clash, may really be more focused on said showdown with the Titans than meeting Sutcliffe ... well, he could still do worse than get a few pointers. Knowing that in more than a 100 years of rugby league, none has provided the look, the blue steel, the sheer sartorial elegance that is the Male Model from Mudgee. And, sure, plenty have tried. In the 1960s, Souths winger Michael Cleary was a professional model. In the 1970s, Manly counterpart Max Brown did the same. And who could forget Bill Harrigan going all Achy Breaky Heart in the nineties? Yet whether it be Daryl Brohman spruiking Lowes tracky dacks or Craig Wing sporting nothing but reg grundies on the cover of Rugby League Week - an issue, incidentally, which proved among its worst sellers so loathe were blokes to pick it up - the legendary Channel Nine newsman has remained No.1. To ensure Maitua doesn't go trying to sneak his title, Sutcliffe returns to Mudgee this weekend for the christening of his granddaughter before fronting Nine's Sunday afternoon coverage at Glen Willow Stadium. Cam Smith can now lay claim to being the toughest man in league. Picture: Scott "Boo" Bailey Source: The Daily Telegraph CAMERON Smith, the Kangaroo hooker who looks like your H&R Block tax accountant, has emerged as a surprise contender for the tag of "Rugby League's Most Dangerous Man." Despite looking exactly as you would expect an Aussie father-of-three, this column can reveal the Melbourne skipper is quickly rising through the ranks of Brazilian jiu jitsu. Of course, given the Storm are linked tighter to wrestling than Brutus The Barber Beefcake, all requests to clarify exactly what belt Smith holds went unanswered this week. Yet rather than out him as some new Scorpion King, this column simply wants to highlight the incredible athleticism of a fella who looks like he'd only ever get a six pack with 12 bucks and a trip to Liquorland. IN other fight news, a host of NRL stars including Paul Gallen, Matt Cooper and Roy Asotasi will be glued to their TV sets this Sunday when three Aussies fight at UFC 160 in Las Vegas. Among the trio are Mark Hunt, a heavyweight who played junior footy in New Zealand with Nigel Vagana, and James Te Huna, the Penrith ratepayer who has worked with the Parramatta Eels, Wests Tigers and last year sparred Gal before Origin I. JARRYD Hayne is only weeks away from announcing the young sprinter whose 2016 Olympic tilt he will help fund. Having whittled scores of contenders down to seven, Hayne has asked Matt Shirvington to join him in watching tape of the sprinters to help pick a winner. Yes, we know Souths were a bit slow mentioning that Ben Te'o incident to the NRL, but this next example is surely overkill? In a veil of gym secrecy rarely seen outside professional wrestling, the Rabbitohs this week refused to release details of which players lead their club record for bench press, squat and deadlift. Apparently, like Area 51, it's classified people. PARRAMATTA coach Ricky Stuart may be talking up a five-year plan, but the real Blue and Gold revival is actually about 15 years away. In something of a world exclusive, this column can reveal the sons of Parramatta favourites Nathan Hindmarsh, Luke Burt, Mick Vella and Nathan Cayless are all playing together for the Rouse Hill Under 6 Bs. The young Rhinos are coached by Burt, whose son Lincoln has been joined by Buster Hindmarsh, Eddy Cayless and the Vella brothers, Will and Lachlan. "Absolutely hilarious," the winger with more than 250 NRL games, says. My manager Micky Vella gets a bit stressed but I seem to spend the entire game laughing. Obviously I try to teach them the basics, but if they all come back next year then I reckon I've done my job. ANTHONY Mundine is ready to forgive the NSW Origin hierarchy - and throw his support behind long-time rival Laurie Daley - if nephew Blake Ferguson wins a sky-blue jersey. Some 13 years after he walked out on rugby league branding the Blues system "racist," Choc is ready to rejoin the fold if "Fergo" is picked to make his Origin debut on the wing. Asked how long it had been since he cheered the state for which he played three times in 1999, Mundine grinned and said: "Aaaah, look, I'll be a man and tell you that I haven't supported the Blues for ... oh, geez, man, for ages. And it's because they don't choose players on form. Queensland do, they give you a reason to cheer them. But I'm telling you, if NSW pick Fergo, they won't just have my support, they will win Origin I. AND now an interesting footnote to last week's list of the Top 15 knucklemen in league. When asked which footballer he would've most liked to train, boxing godfather Johnny Lewis looked past Ian Roberts, Gorden Tallis, even Mark Geyer ... for 1990s halfback Wes Patten. "And I know Wes is a smokey," Lewis grinned. But if someone had got that boy focused on boxing from age 12 ... the mind boggles at what he could've become. TREVOR Cogger, that mighty Magpie who spent almost the entire 1980s tackling, will be a keen spectator come Origin I. His son, Jack, a playmaker with Toukley, will be part of the NSW under-16 side playing in the curtain-raiser. Also representing the Blues is Reimis Smith (son of retired NRL backrower Tyran) and Ethan Roberts, the cousin of Knights half Tyrone Roberts. BENJI Marshall wants to shut the media up ... and we've found an old friend who can help. Having spent two years lingering in that rugby league wilderness all ankle boots, nasal strips and white torpedo pants, Now & Then is today welcoming back the incredible X-factor which, more than once, has been likened to the red cape of Superman - Powerbalance wristbands. With Wests Tigers having now lost seven on the trot, what better time for players to arm themselves with that old sponsor who for years, we were told, not only improved speed and agility, but increased a player's strength by some 500 per cent? Remembering, too, that when this column contacted Powerbalance CEO Tom O'Dowd in 2010, he explained how the bands "work with the energy flow of your body ... have a positive effect on the energy flow." At 60 bucks a throw, you'd bloody well hope so. Yet in a huge boost for struggling athletes everywhere, we can today reveal that not only are the silicone bands still available in a range of colours and styles online, they're going for half the price. And, sure, you may experience some side effects. Like when boxer Paul Briggs wore a Powerbalance wristband the night he survived just 29 seconds against Danny Green. Or back in 2010, when the entire NSW Origin side also donned sky blue wristbands and lost 34-6. Which may go some to way explaining why consumer group Choice, through spokesman Christopher Zinn, came out soon after to slam the jewellery worn by everyone from Marshall and Billy Slater through to South Sydney owner Russell Crowe and Wests Tigers CEO Stephen Humphreys.