The Aussie stars chasing Super Bowl glory

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The NFL play-offs are upon us, and portion involvement successful the athletics has continued to turn down under, there's ne'er been truthful overmuch hype astir those connected the tract arsenic well.

Currently, 5 Australians are acceptable to suit up successful the post-season, with a sixth warring his mode backmost from injury.

Eagles: Jordan Mailata, violative enactment and Arryn Siposs, punter

Since debuting with the Eagles successful 2018, the ex-Rabbitoh has thrived and is present considered 1 of the champion near tackles successful the full NFL.

That's nary mean feat, erstwhile you see the trouble of the presumption - adjacent by the standards of the sport, and helium was duly rewarded successful 2021 when helium was handed a declaration worthy much than $100 million.

He's not the lone Australian connected the high-flying Eagles, either.

Arryn Siposs took implicit arsenic the punter successful Philadelphia astatine the opening of past season, taking the occupation from chap Australian Cameron Johnston, who present plays for the Houston Texans.

Siposs is unluckily connected the injured database close now, after being wounded making an unthinkable play successful aboriginal December.

While that incidental looked similar it would regularisation him retired for the season, the most-recent update was positive.

"The mode I'm progressing astatine the moment, I'm looking to beryllium capable to [kick] sometime aboriginal adjacent week oregon astatine the extremity of the week, but decidedly looking guardant to getting backmost retired determination and starting to enactment a batch much accent into that broadside of the crippled alternatively of gathering up the strength," helium told reporters.

49ers: Mitch Wishnowsky, punter

The West Australian was an implicit prima successful assemblage for Utah, being named a unanimous All-American and winning the prestigious Ray Guy Award for the champion punter successful assemblage shot during his debut play successful 2016.

He followed that up by being named the champion punter successful his league successful some 2017 and 2018, and was drafted successful the 4th circular by San Francisco arsenic a result.

Using specified a precocious draught prime connected a punter is unusual, but that's however bully Wishnowsky was - and has continued to be, signing a four-year, $18.7 cardinal declaration hold astatine the commencement of this year.

Jaguars: Adam Gotsis, antiaircraft line

Gotsis was drafted successful the 4th circular by the defending champion Denver Broncos successful 2016, and it was immoderate brutally unlucky timing for him.

After respective years of being mainstays successful the playoffs, culminating successful that Super Bowl win, the Broncos did not scope the post-season successful his 4 years with the team, earlier pursuing that up with 2 thin seasons successful Jacksonville successful 2020 and 2021.

Finally, helium gets his accidental to radiance erstwhile the lights are brightest, with the Jaguars securing a play-off berth successful their past crippled of the regular season.

Ravens: Daniel Faalele, violative line

The 23-year-old was drafted by the Ravens this twelvemonth successful the 4th circular and was viewed arsenic much of a semipermanent project, aft not playing his archetypal American shot games until 2016.

While others, specified arsenic punters, tin usage their inheritance successful Australian rules to assistance with modulation to a caller sport, Faalele was learning constantly.

"I felt similar I could fit into this offence perfectly, and enactment and larn underneath this large coaching unit and the veterans that are successful beforehand of me," he told Wide World of Sports earlier this season.

"They conscionable acceptable a truly bully illustration and I'm ace grateful to beryllium successful this position."

Due to injuries, Faalele played acold much than expected, but is apt to beryllium lone an exigency screen this weekend.

Seahawks: Michael Dickson, punter

The Seahawks scraped into the play-offs by the tegument of their teeth, but Dickson has continued the precocious level of play he's exhibited since arrived successful Seattle.

Like Wishnowsky, Dickson is simply a Ray Guy Award victor (2017) and was besides bully capable successful assemblage to punctual a squad to usage a precious draught prime connected him, with Seattle selecting the Kirrawee autochthonal successful the 5th circular of the 2018 draft.

Now, the 2 Aussie punters volition face-off this Sunday morning.

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