Stoked 53 is here and it's a banger!

He's the hottest topic in the New Zealand sporting scene right now. Seemingly, he's burst on to our rugby landscape in a blaze of orange mane - but you'd be wrong, mostly.

Tom Robinson's playing Super Rugby about as well as anyone else this season, but really, it's been a long time coming.

We sat down with the legend himself to find out how this whirlwind of success came about.

Don't be mistaken by the millennial mannerisms of the Northland bushman turned pony-tail pushing Jafa - the man has a head of seemingly infinite age on his shoulders.

Robinson has a brain and a work ethic that'll be hard to stop - today we take the closest look yet.

Stay Stoked.