'Real story' behind Mailata's Super Bowl snub

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Australian NFL prima Jordan Mailata has opened up connected the information driving him arsenic helium prepares for his archetypal Super Bowl connected Monday.

The Bankstown autochthonal has go a captious cog successful the Philadelphia Eagles squad that volition look the Kansas City Chiefs with the anticipation of winning their 2nd Super Bowl successful six seasons.

Mailata is acold from the archetypal Aussie to transverse implicit to the US successful the anticipation of an NFL career, but fewer person been arsenic palmy arsenic the 25-year-old.

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While helium noted that the likes of Sonny Bill Williams had been an inspiration, Mailata stressed that he'd ever wanted to constitute his ain story, and explained however doubters proceed to thrust him to this day.

"I don't similar being told I can't bash something," helium said.

"That's astir apt the crushed I'm present successful America successful the archetypal place. I can't assistance but beryllium radical wrong.

"I hatred erstwhile radical archer maine I can't bash thing and that's what we heard each (last) week, 'This is the No.1 defence successful league', and we took that arsenic a situation and we accepted it afloat and gave it everything we have.

"I'm going to beryllium a breached grounds and conscionable accidental the aforesaid happening but due to the fact that that's what I've been doing each year.

"I conscionable privation to bash what I've done each season, what's gotten maine to this point."

The Eagles' violative tackle was visibly taken aback by each the fanfare during the Super Bowl media time successful Arizona, and besides paid tribute to his parents for allowing him to pursuit his dream.

"It's surreal. You instrumentality a look astir astatine each the cameras and each these radical here, I deliberation I'm astatine a Wrestlemania event," helium said.

"If you turn up successful a Samoan household, you cognize you request your parents' blessing. So for my parents to springiness maine their blessing and to let maine to bash my happening here."

Before leaving for Arizona for Super Bowl week, the Australian elephantine revealed helium lone watched the Super Bowl for the halftime show, portion increasing up successful south-west Sydney.

"Yeah, skipping schoolhouse (to watch), I astir apt shouldn't person done that," helium said.

"But I didn't recognize the game, I was conscionable watching it mostly for the halftime performances. That's a existent story."

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