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Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer .But now, after an injury-plagued start to his rugby career , two-time World Cup Wallaby Jordan Petaia is trying his hand at a different sport. In fact, different may be an understatement.
So the fundamentals, from the absolute basics including how many quarters are in a game to the different positions on offence and defence, were already there for Petaia. “I think obviously I was so young and just started out my rugby career. I didn’t really want to go anywhere,” he said. “I had an injury when I was little and it wasn’t that bad looking back at it... so I just started looking at athletes coming back from injuries and then found myself across a couple in the NFL.
Naturally, he then became a Kansas City Chiefs fan, although he doesn’t put it out into the world these days. “I still had another year on my contract. But I think last year I sort of had it in my head that if I had the opportunity to do the program, I’d happily do that and try to have a crack and make the jump across.”
But Petaia said that it was “even more special” to see how happy his teammates were that he was chasing his new dream. “This is what we saw last year with Louis Rees-Zammit coming onto the program. I can’t say enough about how much that experience matters, not that it’s an automatic qualifier or disqualifier if you don’t have it. I think it’s huge for us that he comes in with that.”“He’s got a great routine,” added Bryce.
But before Petaia flew to Florida, he had been getting up four days a week at around 4.30am to make his way to the Gold Coast academy for a 6.30am start at training. “You don’t need a ton of experience to see him run to see how explosive he is and how fast he is,” Bryce said. “It’s definitely going to be a wow moment, I guess, once reality hits and I’m getting on that flight to go over and try out a different code and have a crack at trying to earn an opportunity.”
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