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NFL quarterback Tom Brady ditches Springbok support in favour of USA ahead of opening RWC game
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New England Patriots quarterback and six-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady surprised many last week with a Twitter message of support for the Springboks ahead of their Rugby World Cup campaign game against the All Blacks.
Ahead of the USA's opening game against England, the G.O.A.T has swung around with pressure from Patriots teammate and former US Sevens player Nate Ebner, who arranged for a special message for the USA eagles direct from the Patriots locker room.
"I actually got my guy here, he wanted to say something," Ebner says before introducing Brady.
"What's up guys, we are cheering you on," said Brady wearing a 'Back the Boys' USA Rugby t-shirt.
"It's a tough journey but if anyone can do it, you guys can."
"We support you, we love you, we got your back."
Patriots special teamer Ebner made a transfer to Sevens ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and competed at the event in Brazil becoming the first active NFL player to participate in the Olympics.
Since being drafted by the Patriots in 2012, Ebner has won 3-Super bowl titles as part of their special teams unit. The collegiate rugby player considered playing professionally but reportedly did not have any contract offers. He was an MVP of the US age-grade under-19 and under-20 sides in 2007 and 2008 that competed at World Rugby's junior championships.
Rugby World Cup memories Gavin Hastings:
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SA will be per say, I think URC is founded in Dublin? Yes indeed re football, most powerful or most corrupt. Football is even in more of a predicament than French rugby. As I alluded to in another comment, FIFA brought in the FFP but the EPL is so many times more rich than the LNR is compared to it's governing bodies that it's taking years to do anything about the breaches (and at huge cost no doubt) of teams like Manchester City.
Never the less they are things that are being done. It just needs good people to play nice and it certainly looks like both parties (FFR and LNR) having been trying hard in recent years, and it's not as bad as you make it sound.
Haha I like that phrase! Yes certainly different perspectives as NZ has already thrown out their rugby culture (in regards to the topic of competitions) but I can understand wanting to hold on (as I do to the former NZ setup). One of those things is that it's not as easy to say everyone wants to see Dupont every game either, is it. You want to see some of future too, but I see that Dupont has only been involved in a third of this years Top 14 games. Has he been injured, it's even less that he normally plays.
You depict a league accepting change and looking for the right fit, I'm sure it will get there. Nick doesn't reckon SA and at the same level yet but I'm sure I read an article confirming the SAn posters on this site saying the no longer pay wages (might still be closer to a English model/balance than French though), but I can't find it now. Will have to dbl check that one but remember FIFA do hold power, you only need to look at the amount of international football to realise that. LNR can easily be made to bend if push comes to shove through how tightly it's players are tied to international rugby (large forieign contingent).
Go to commentsDon't you mean a lot better, 50% compared to 70% and played better teams than Foster, and played in the South Africa and Northern hemisphere, compared to Foster who was able to base his team across the ditch.
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