Jordan Mailata, an Australian rugby convert, became the first Australian to win a Super Bowl as part of the Philadelphia Eagles' dominant victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Mailata's journey from humble beginnings in Sydney to NFL champion is an inspiration to young Australians.
Jordan Mailata, the giant rugby convert hailing from Australia, drew plenty of cheers Down Under on Sunday as he spoke of his “crazy, crazy journey so far” after making history by becoming the first Australian to claim a Super Bowl victory.
Mailata’s journey from humble beginnings in Sydney’s south-west to the pinnacle of world sport was completed, as he helped the Eagles to a one-sided 40-22 win over the Chiefs, whose hopes of securing a three-peat were dashed in spectacular fashion.. “That was a great defense we were going up against so we knew we had to answer that call. And that ain’t easy, you have to have the want to.”
Mailata is not the first Australian to own a Super Bowl ring – Jesse Williams picked up one with the Seattle Seahawks in 2013 but, having been sidelined all that season through injury, he did not take to the field in his side’s 43-8 hammering of the Denver Broncos.
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