A YouTube search of the name Fuifui Moimoi returns a ton of big hits.

In most highlights the Tongan-born rugby league star bowls opponents over, like the National Rugby League clip wherein he tramples would-be tackler Karmichael Hunt. And sometimes Moimoi gets levelled, like he did after running head-on into Britain’s Sam Burgess in a 2007 test match.

A decade spent creating some of the NRL’s biggest collisions made Moimoi a cult legend in Australia, where his name still makes headlines.

Last November, the 37-year-old signed with the Toronto Wolfpack, hoping to extend his career and help the first-year franchise graduate from English rugby league’s third division. After missing the club’s home opener, Moimoi makes his home debut Saturday when Toronto hosts the second-place Barrow Raiders at Lamport Stadium.

Moimoi might be the best-known player in the third division, where his presence is akin to David Ortiz delaying retirement with a season of A-ball. But he says he takes this late-career project seriously.

“I just want to build this club, and hopefully they get to super league before the time I’m finished,” says Moimoi, who was played internationally for Tonga and New Zealand. “I don’t know (how much longer I’ll play). I’ll see how my body feels.”

Entering this weekend, the undefeated Wolfpack have outscored opponents 412-71. But after throttling seven semi-pro squads they face a fully-professional Barrow club that spent last season in the second division before being relegated. Like the Wolfpack, unbeaten Barrow has racked up lopsided wins, scoring 352 points and surrendering just 88.

While Barrow figures to field its best lineup, Toronto enters Saturday missing four starters suspended for throwing punches in a May 6 win over Oxford. But they will have Moimoi, who couldn’t arrange a visa in time to play Toronto’s home opener.

The six-foot, 230-pound Moimoi signed with Toronto to rejoin head coach Paul Rowley, for whom he played two seasons with the second-division Leigh Centurions.

His stint at Leigh followed an NRL career that spanned 11 seasons and 201 games with the Parramatta Eels. Moimoi played alongside Aussie star Jarryd Hayne, who gained North American fame in 2015 when he successfully tried out for the San Francisco 49ers.

But he didn’t always outshine Moimoi, who scored 22 tries with the Eels, combining play and personality to build a broad and loyal following.

“He transcends rugby league. People who don’t know rugby league are Fuifui Moimoi fans,” says Wolfpack CEO Eric Perez. “He adds a big (marketing) piece, especially in the U.K. and established markets. I think people are going to love him here.”

Three years after leaving the NRL, Moimoi still makes waves in Australia.

Media there covered his signing with Toronto extensively. And when his Twitter account was compromised — a user claiming to be his wife used it to accuse him of extramarital affairs — Australian outlets chronicled it for a full 24-hour news cycle.

Of the 600,000 viewers of an archived stream of Toronto’s loss to Salford in a Challenge Cup match, Perez says nearly half of those hits came from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Many of them tuned in to see Moimoi, he says.

While his popularity remains intact, the Wolfpack hope Moimoi also retains the speed and spirit that, when combined with his size, made him a star in the mid-2000s. An early-season suspension and missed home opener mean he won’t have to play a full league schedule, and head coach Rowley says the club monitors Moimoi’s playing time to keep him fresh.

But when Moimoi is in the game, he’s all in.

“With age, you don’t get faster (but) you usually get a little bit smarter,” Rowley says. “But the one thing that remains is, Fuifui Moimoi loves to smash.”

Moimoi may play like he’s encased in armour, but he knows he’s not indestructible.

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Last April, a mysterious infection ravaged him. By the time Moimoi checked in to hospital his body temperature had reached 41C, and his right arm swelled. He left intensive care two weeks later and more than 25 pounds lighter.

By mid-summer he had recovered, and today his right arm is back to normal. It’s still massive — even by pro athlete standards — but features two long, thick scars. One remains under his triceps, where surgeons sliced him open hoping to pinpoint the source of the infection.

And the gash running down his forearm?

“That’s from rugby,” Moimoi says.