Matawalu on a mission to topple Toulon Well, obvious to everyone but Matawalu, that is. The little Fijian tapped the ball, then scuttled and sidestepped his way to the line. A few seconds and two rucks later, Ryan Grant collected Glasgow's first try. Rugby's most cherished creation myth centres on William Webb Ellis's "fine disregard for the rules" that prohibited running with the ball. In a sport increasingly constrained by systems and structures, it is a rare and thrilling sight to watch a player who backs himself to break free. Matawalu may not always pick his moments wisely, but he has been a game-changer got Glasgow. "I always tell them we just play what is in front of us," he said with a smile. It can make a try. We take what is in front of us and just play. It became almost routine for Matawalu to win the man of the match award during last season's Pro12 games. At the end of the campaign he was named Glasgow's player of the season and was chosen for the Pro12 dream team. A year earlier, he was the player of the tournament at the Hong Kong Sevens. Clearly, he is not the only one who believes in himself. Off the field, Matawalu, the son of a Methodist minister, is shy, polite, almost deferential. On the field, he is anything but. And just as he laughs in the face of convention about how the game should be played, he does not fawn over Toulon's galaxy of star names, which includes Jonny Wilkinson and Matt Giteau. "They have two hands, we have two hands," he shrugged. They have two legs, we have two legs. Maybe the [edge of] experience will be there for them, but nowadays everyone knows their strengths and weaknesses. So we will see what happens. This game means everything for us, for the team, for the management, for the supporters too. It's the first Heineken Cup game and they are the defending champions. It will be tough because the game will be held over there, but we will do whatever it takes. Matawalu has only just come back into the Glasgow side after missing the first few weeks with a foot injury. In his absence, they still managed to win all their games and rise to the top of the RaboDirect Pro12 table, but his return unquestionably adds a layer of unpredictability to the side. Only Leinster, merciless in the way they closed him down around the fringes, managed to get to grips with Matawalu last season and shackle the Fijian speedster. Glasgow learned a lesson that day and gave him extra protection in subsequent games. Toulon's analysis will also be constrained by the fact that most of the footage available will show Matawalu at scrum-half rather than reveal his roaming instincts from the position he will fill in the Stade Felix Mayol. While injured, it was part of Matawalu's routine to email pictures of his foot to his mother, Adi-Aluesi, in Fiji for her to pray for his swift recovery. "She kept on praying for me, for the injury to improve," he said, as if it was the most normal thing in the world. And maybe it is for him. What is a little foot injury to someone who has already come back from the dead?