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Upon charging across a rugby league field, Marcelo Montoya possesses several characteristics that are frequently linked to exceptional Fijian athletes.

He can race through you if you go in his way, but he can also run past you. He can thank his mother, who was born in Suva, for his genetic makeup.

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28-year-old Warrior will tell you that his father Marcello Chilean heritage is strong, yet it can occasionally work against him as a rugby league player.

Before his team’s matchup with the Raiders on Friday night in the Multicultural Round, Montoya said to NRL.com, “I actually think sometimes I need to dial back the South American side.”

“I sometimes need to be a little more on Fiji time because I may become a little too enthusiastic and irrational while I’m on the field!

Many of my characteristics come from my father. He was also a little terse; I think I inherit that from him, but my mother is really laid back.”

With such a distinctively South American last name, Montoya frequently gets amusing questions when he mixes it up in Fijian circles, and he frequently has to explain the background behind his unusual heritage.

Originally from Santiago, the capital of Chile, Marcelo Sr. was a mechanical engineer who met, a Fijian resort employee, while assisting with the construction of a marina.

Because of their bond, Marcelo Sr. was able to thoroughly embrace the culture of his new country, which allowed Marcelo Jr., who was born in Lautoka but migrated to Australia when he was two, to almost completely immerse himself in the Fijian way of life when he was a toddler.

However, it also meant that he would not get the chance to speak with his late father in 2019 about learning more about his Chilean heritage.