Warriors winger Kevin Locke was bopping along to stadium tunes only he could hear on Sunday night.
Agonising pain from a collision with a goalpost as he scored his third try against the Sydney Roosters meant he had checked out mentally well before he physically left AMI Stadium in Christchurch.
When the 20,000-strong crowd applauded him as he was taken off the field on a stretcher, the 21-year-old joined in. But he didn't really know why he was clapping.
"By that stage I didn't know where I was, to be honest," he said yesterday.
"I didn't realise I'd scored the winning try. I didn't even think I was at the game. I was all dizzy and felt tingly. I thought I was at a concert because everyone was yelling, everyone was clapping, so I thought I would, too."