1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda gem Nation. Next week is Super Bowl 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: and I think Australians will have a vested interest because 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: this year there's an Ossie in the team. He is 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: playing for the Philadelphia Eagles. His name's Jordan Malati, is 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: twenty five years old and when you look at the 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: history of him, what a story. It's just brilliant. He 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: grew up playing for the Bankstown Bulls before moving to 8 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs for the under eighteens. And when 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: you see footage of him, and we're going to be 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: talking to his early on aerial coach, he was always 11 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: massively tall and big. Liam was tall when he used 12 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: to play. When he was playing rugby when he was younger, 13 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: he was always the tallest and the biggest and other 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: parents would complain because they thought that he was playing 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: out of his age range. But he just grew early 16 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: in Jordan's case. So what happened with NRL World, Well, 17 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: the South Sydney Rabbit Oz offered him a one year 18 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: contract for five thousand dollars for the under twenty five 19 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: under the under twenty side. When his contract ended, they 20 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: kind of dropped him. They offered him a reserve grade position, 21 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: but he wasn't interested, and instead, NFL executives saw footage 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 1: of him playing rugby league and invited him to try 23 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: out in their Pathway program. He never played American football. 24 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: He admitted that his knowledge of the game was minimal. 25 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: When asked what position he wanted to play, he said, oh, 26 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe offensive tackle because he only knew 27 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: that position from watching The blind Side that movie. So 28 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: he was selected then by the Philadelphia Eagles. He was 29 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: the two hundred and thirty third overall pick in the 30 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: seventh round of the twenty eighteen NFL Draft. He was 31 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: only the second player to be drafted with no American 32 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: high school or college experience. So that's how unusual it was. 33 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: The competition's very fierce, isn't it, since those kids had 34 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: been playing in the wounds since they were five. That's right. 35 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: He signed a four year deal. This is then a 36 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: four year deal worth two point five million dollars with 37 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: a signing bonus of ninety thousand dollars. But then in 38 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, he signed a four year deal, sixty 39 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: four million dollar contract that included a forty million dollar guarantee. 40 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: His success has dubbed him the wrecking Ball. He's been 41 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: known as the wrecking Ball. Well, he wait, is it true? 42 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: Does he weigh one hundred and eighty kilos? Is that true? 43 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: I don't know one hundred and eighty How many of 44 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: you would that be? Well, weigh eighty four points three 45 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: two and a bit of you two and a half 46 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: of me. I'm about sixty two kilos, so three of 47 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: me three months's. He's amazing character though, and America loves 48 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: him as well. He used to sing in I think 49 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: it's either a school or a church choir when he 50 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: was in Australia when he was a kid, and he 51 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: went on the Masked Singer really and was in America 52 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: and was extraordinary right now here to perform unmasked Wacher 53 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: for all the artist formerly known as the Pig. I'm 54 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: above give it up for Joded. My lot of a 55 00:02:55,040 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: lot of what is good? Isn't he got it on 56 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: Sien Wow Pockets because I'm mad he's got a beautiful voice. 57 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: He's going through to Sydney on the off season. He 58 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: recorded a Christmas album titled A Philly Special Christmas with 59 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: some of his teammates. Have a listener lyrically very challenging. Yeah, 60 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: let me down. I think it's fair to say that. Wow, 61 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: So we're going to be talking to Jordan's coach from 62 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: when he was in the like under fourteens later in 63 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: the show. I'm excited about that.