The 25-year-old Aucklander sure loves diving into rucks and the battle at scrum time. But he is also an aspiring fashion designer and is learning the ukulele.
Pleasants-Tate made his first Highlanders start of the season last Friday night, coming off the bench to score the final try in the big win over the Rebels.
He had missed the first five games of the season after injuring his knee in the opening pre-season game, against the Crusaders in Darfield.
''The lungs were a bit sore but the knee held up good. I had hyper-extended it and did a bit of a grade one stuff in my calf and hamstring,'' he said.
''I got a bit of meat pie [try] which was quite good. There was no-one else around so I managed to get there.''
Pleasants-Tate was born in Whanganui and then moved to Auckland and the North Shore, where he attended Takapuna Grammar, which he admits was not a big rugby school.
He drifted along and then got his big break when he won selection in the national under-20 side in 2011.
This was a side packed full of stars, with 12 of the team going on to become All Blacks, including Beauden Barrett, Sam Cane and Brodie Retallick.
Pleasants-Tate was a prop in those days but has now moved into the hooking role.
''I went down [to the colts trial] as a hooker and Crony [scrum coach Mike Cron] moved me over to prop. I had a go as a prop for a couple of years but then swapped back to hooker. You just get a little more ball in hand and it suits my game a little bit more.''
He kept plugging away for North Harbour and then got a call from Jamie Joseph to come down for the 2016 season. He has never looked back.
''I have enjoyed it down here. Just with the environment and that. It is was different than up north.''
It will be the first time he has taken on the Blues as a Highlander which he said put a bit more edge into the game. The explosive hooker enjoyed coming off the bench and said the role was about adding energy to the team.
Pleasants-Tate had been learning how to play the ukulele - ''I can play one Bruno Mars song'' - and was also looking to get into fashion and design.
''I'm just trying to sort something out with the polytech. But it can be hard. You come home from training and all you want to do is just veg out on the couch. But you've got to do something.
''I would like to design my own clothes. [Being a front rower] everyone just expects you to be a meat axe and that. But I want to do something different. I just want to put my own sort of spin on things.''