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Peter Larson, new QB for the San Antonio Marshalls turns interviewer as he welcomes new player Mako Mendonca to the league.
PL: Firstly from one rookie to another can I say welcome to the NSFL, you must be excited to be here?
MM: Thanks Peter, I am so pumped to be here and I can't wait to find a team and start playing some ball.
PL: I hear that your route into the sport is a little different from most players, could you tell me about that?
MM: Certainly, I am originally from the UK so never played football in high school like most other players, I did play soccer, rugby and cricket and always loved sport and competing though. I first came to the US in a university exchange programme to Rice University in Houston, and that is where I started playing.
PL: How did you go from an exchange student to Rice's standout running back?
MM: I was only meant to be at Rice for a year and went along to walk ons to support a friend, when they saw me practising with him I was asked to try out and the rest is history, I stayed at Rice for 3 years in the end completing my studies and of course playing for the Owls. It was a steep learning curve at first but my experience playing Rugby really helped.
PL: That sounds like an amazing journey, I hear that professional sports run in your family?
MM: Yes that's right my uncle Clive was a professional soccer player for 16 years, I have always looked up to him and he has been really helpful in supporting me.
PL: I hear that you missed the start of the season due to injury, what happened there?
MM: I was just a freak accident in the off season, I was all ready to join the draft, performed great at workouts then on a day off I went to Disneyland, I was on splash mountain but made the mistake of being in the back of the boat with my O-line friends in the front. I was catapulted out the ride and damaged my shoulder. I am now over this injury and am fully fit and raring to go!
PL: catapulted out of a boat on splash mountain, wow, you sure couldn't have made that up! Thank you for your time and good luck with your career.
MM: Thanks Peter
(Thank you to Tomasnz for letting me borrow Peter Larson for this interview)
Peter Larson, new QB for the San Antonio Marshalls turns interviewer as he welcomes new player Mako Mendonca to the league.
PL: Firstly from one rookie to another can I say welcome to the NSFL, you must be excited to be here?
MM: Thanks Peter, I am so pumped to be here and I can't wait to find a team and start playing some ball.
PL: I hear that your route into the sport is a little different from most players, could you tell me about that?
MM: Certainly, I am originally from the UK so never played football in high school like most other players, I did play soccer, rugby and cricket and always loved sport and competing though. I first came to the US in a university exchange programme to Rice University in Houston, and that is where I started playing.
PL: How did you go from an exchange student to Rice's standout running back?
MM: I was only meant to be at Rice for a year and went along to walk ons to support a friend, when they saw me practising with him I was asked to try out and the rest is history, I stayed at Rice for 3 years in the end completing my studies and of course playing for the Owls. It was a steep learning curve at first but my experience playing Rugby really helped.
PL: That sounds like an amazing journey, I hear that professional sports run in your family?
MM: Yes that's right my uncle Clive was a professional soccer player for 16 years, I have always looked up to him and he has been really helpful in supporting me.
PL: I hear that you missed the start of the season due to injury, what happened there?
MM: I was just a freak accident in the off season, I was all ready to join the draft, performed great at workouts then on a day off I went to Disneyland, I was on splash mountain but made the mistake of being in the back of the boat with my O-line friends in the front. I was catapulted out the ride and damaged my shoulder. I am now over this injury and am fully fit and raring to go!
PL: catapulted out of a boat on splash mountain, wow, you sure couldn't have made that up! Thank you for your time and good luck with your career.
MM: Thanks Peter
(Thank you to Tomasnz for letting me borrow Peter Larson for this interview)
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