Bankstown Boy Jordan Mailata created history as the first Australian to play and win a NFL super bowl, but a serious heart condition almost derail his athletic career before he began.
The Eagles promulgated revenge on the Kansas City bosses after their defeat in the NFL masterpiece in 2023, sealing a dominant victory of 40-22 in the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
Mailata has played an important role in her trip to Super Bowl this season, with the former star of Rabbitoh and Bulldogs left speechless by the heroic of her team on Sunday.
'It's hard to explain how I feel. I thought I was going to be dragging my eyes, 'said Mailata.
'Then, what you see is what you get now. Probably, when the cameras go out and enter that wardrobe, I could cry.
The huge offensive Tackle grew by dreaming of playing the Rugby League and caught the eyes of the Bulldogs NRL side explorers and joined its U18 program in 2014.
Jordan Mailata made history as the first Australian to play and win a NFL Super Bowl
The Bankstown Boy Hulking grew by dreaming of playing rugby league in the NRL
17 Mailata collapsed in the training and was taken urgently to the hospital
However, the tragedy almost reached 17 years after the giant adolescent collapsed during a preseason training session and was urgently transferred to the hospital.
Mailata would be diagnosed with a heart condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome that required surgery to repair the upper and lower cameras of his heart.
Fortunately, he would return to the sport 18 months later and later he was offered a contract to play for the Rabbitoh, rejecting the treatment and, instead, following a career in the NFL.
He arrived at the NFL International Pathe program and led Green so well that he signed a $ 88 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2022 after exceling as his left Tackle in the offensive line, one of the most important and difficult positions to play Sport.
As for what game is the hardest of the two, it seems that it is not even close, despite the reputation of the Rugby League as one of the most rough and implacable contact sports in the world.
“If you play (offensive) line and line (defensive), it is more difficult than rugby because the pads do not shit , who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
'When people say', do you use pads? You are a lot of p *** IES ', (I say) What?
'The bloody pad that goes on your chest is like, so thin, and you are making a helmet with the sternum.
MAILATA Diagnosed with a heart condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome required surgery
While his enormous frame makes him ideal to play one of the most difficult positions of the NFL, he ruled it from reaching the top of the Rugby League in Australia, although he stood out in the sport
The Australian star has surprised fans and experts in how well American football collected
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In the direction of this season, Man Mountain signed another contract extension of $ 105 million of three years that includes a signature bonus of $ 31.8 million to remain with Philadelphia until the end of 2028.
Jeff Stoutland, the coach of the Philly offensive line, spoke of the Australian star in brilliant terms.
“Let me tell you this, Jordan Mailata is perhaps the most incredible story in the history of NFL,” Stoutland told ESPN Australia.
'From where he came, for the amount he knew about football to where he is today, he is incredible.
“He is a great leader, he is a great player, he understands the game.”
After the Super Bowl, Mailata was asked if she would follow the steps of other famous Australian sports stars and make a shoey for her fans, Mailata was overwhelming in response.
'At all. Not in these shoes, '' he said while shook his head.
The interview was reduced, with mailata saying that he had an important business to attend to his wife Niki Ikahihifo-Bender Mailata.
“I am at a schedule that you know, I have to take a shower, you know … I take my wife,” Mailata said as I laughed.