Saints who were great or could have been great in other sports

[Joffa Burns]

Oh and don’t we have a kid in the Saints Next Generation Academy by the name of Jack...... yes another Jack?
Now his mum was a rather good hockey player and sprinter representing Australia in Olympics in both sports. Mum’s name is Nova Peris!

Was also a pretty handy coordinator, and a very naughty girl it seems....

https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern ... 644aa4089b

Forgot about that one JB

Add to that the sad end to Dan Batmans life, Jacks father!

[avid]

Having once lived in the US I've spent a lot of mental time in my life explaining the greatness of footy to benighted Americans. And explaining the brilliance of various Saints legends in American football terms.
Plugger could have taken the place of three players all at once, as a steamrolling running back (a la John Riggins), an undefendable-against tight end, and a punter you really wouldn't want to get in the way of.
The G-Train would have been a brilliant wide receiver or tight end too.
Nicky Winmar would have been an amazing wide receiver, but I always thought he would have been the greatest cornerback of all time (like Daryl Green)
Of course the glorious talents of each one of them would have been completely wasted, trapped in one of the hyper-specialised roles of an American football team.

Nick dal Santo may have made a brilliant quarterback.

Alex Jesaulenko would surely have been one of the world's great soccer players.

[asiu]

Raphael could of been a footballer

[avid]

Well, Joffa, I thought this was a terrific topic for conversation -- but looks like I've killed it.
Sorry about that,
Thanks for the OP

[asiu]

lol

think i might have killed it Avid

sorry bout that ... didn’t mean to ... i thought it was funny

(funny as : i’d be the only one who could get away
with saying it)

i laughed
‘n i liked Raph