 everybody What is going on? Welcome to another video Welcome back to the Northern Territory. We've just arrived back And I thought it would be an absolute disservice to you guys who followed my journey Who followed my YouTube channel who followed these vlogs over the last few days to not give you a quick run down a quick you know Just some thoughts about how this weekend went so as you know I Spent the last four days in Melbourne on the Wednesday I was meant to hit my first ever football training It didn't happen for whatever reason just didn't happen man couldn't get there. Anyways, I thought you know what? I'm not gonna let that ruin things If I can't make the training There's a reason for that whatever reason God has for me I couldn't make the training but what that meant is that I had no chance of playing the game on the weekend One of the main reasons for me going down to Melbourne over the last few days was to get on a football field Finally lace up the boots put the pads on put the helmet on and get out there on the field You know, I didn't care where I was gonna play I just wanted to get out there and you know what lo and behold it didn't happen But I did make it down to watch So I saw a momentous occasion occurred on Saturday, which was yesterday I saw my first live down a football my first live down. It wasn't any fail It wasn't college football. It was Victoria gridiron in Melbourne And it was great. It was fucking awesome. I loved it and it one it made me want to get out there But I'll tell you what that the weather it was like five degrees It was raining and I was like holy shit if I didn't have gloves on My hands I wouldn't even be able to catch the ball man So I could I can definitely understand why these guys wear these sort of Hand warmers around there their waist anyways guys. Look Fantastic experience. I met I met the people I needed to meet. I met the treasurer First person I talked to was the president believe it or not And I met the coaches as well. So if at any point I want to head back down to Melbourne Hit a training during the week. I Most probably will be able to get on the field, but I'll have to play some pay some registration fees first anyways guys they did say that if There's a bye week and they're not playing on the weekend. They have two trainings They have one on the Wednesday and one on a Sunday. There's actually two weekends in a row coming up Where they have a bye this particular team The second division team so what that means is that for two weeks straight? They're having two trainings a week. So for me to get the most out of a couple of weeks down in Melbourne as far as football goes I Would want to hit it on those weeks because I don't think you know, there's they were telling me I saw that I saw the squad there The squad was about 40 40 players deep and there's 11 players on the field at each time Regardless of what position I'd want to play. I don't think I'd see many minutes You know, they told they literally pointed some people out. They said look this guy over here He comes down every week. He suits up every week and he'd be lucky to get two minutes on the pitch You know, and that's the reality of it when you've got players who want to play for me to come down from Northern Territory Fucking just roll up at a training and expect to get on the field for a decent amount of time It just doesn't happen man. You got to put in the effort You got to get down to training You got to put in the effort and it gets it gets noticed and you will get a starting spot on the squad And that's that's how I would expect it to happen So the only reason I thought that I might be able to squeeze into this team is because there's a second division team So there's the top team, which is the Warriors Then there's the second division team from the same club called the barbarians and that is the team that I went and saw So I had mentioned that some of the players in the top division team from this this club played for Australia in the past and I Saw a couple of linemen. I saw the size of them about six five two sixty But I didn't see any skilled players that had played for Australia I would have had to stay a lot a lot later in the day and Like I said, man, it was getting fucking freezing and I wanted to get out of there So I saw I saw a few down actually I saw like three quarters of that game The game that I would have been in possibly what that's done. It's it's just it's lit a fire under my ass Man, it's it's I've been like, okay. Well, I've seen it now. You know, there's nothing. There's no one huge There was actually an American import in the opposition team That had a big rap on him. He scored a couple of rushing touchdowns And I thought, you know fuck That you know, he looks he looks like a mean player. Yeah, I want to be like that So for me to see something like that in person was fantastic my mindset, you know It puts something and put a visual goal in my head that I need to sort of You know get myself to court. So here we are About 10 minutes away from Ares Rock. I'm heading back to Alice Springs. I've had I've had an awesome time I really have Another thing I wanted to talk about whilst I was down there. I put in work man There was two reasons I went down which I talked about in a previous vlog One was to meet the manufacturers for my clothing brand, which I did Something that has been on my mind for so long. I've put money down. I still hadn't met them So I've met them that's done Fantastic every time I email them in the future. I will have put a face to a name. We know each other now. It's great. Anyways, we did that We missed the football training went to football game The other thing that I had in mind to do whilst I was down here whilst I had some free time Was crack into the top 100. Okay crack into the top 100 players of 2018 for the NFL A lot of you guys have enjoyed that series I enjoy it the way that it's put together is fantastic You know the way the NFL puts their shit together top-notch and so with that said guys, I Don't even want to try and explain how much work I've put in over the last three days But after that disappointment of missing that training knowing that I probably wasn't gonna play the game I woke up on Thursday morning and said fuck this. I'm getting to number one and That's exactly what I did So why I reacted To from number 70 all the way down to number one in three days And so what I what I hope what I hope I hope to God that you guys really enjoy it I hope to God that me doing 70 players reactions within three days Didn't reduce the quality of the reaction, but I don't think it did I seriously don't I had a fucking great time The whole way through I just had to get some sleep and eat something because that's what I find myself doing man When I really get into some editing or making videos I can go hours hours Without even thinking about eating and then my stomach will rumble. I'm like fucking hell man It's the last time I ate probably about 12 hours ago So those are the kind of mindsets I get and that was the mindset I was in all the way down in Melbourne, and I'll tell you what man we went We went in threes so 70 69 68 was one video 67 66 65 and so on all the way until the top 10 in which case I started doing one video per person so for the top 10 of the 2018 top 100 players in the NFL I did a video on each player now a lot of those players are players that you guys been Requesting and I hadn't done yet. So after this vlog That's what you'll be seeing over the next couple of weeks all those videos being released I hope you've enjoyed this journey this last four days that I've spent down in Melbourne I hope you've enjoyed coming along for the ride. I appreciate all the support As you guys know I I do you know, I can't really say too much more about that I appreciate everything you do guys. Oh fuck. There's one thing. There's one thing man I tell you what when I saw this everything's happening in in sync. I don't know why in October this year Australia will be hosting their first ever international scouting NFL combine Australia okay to make it to that event you need to attend one of five regional qualifying events Okay in two weeks They're holding a regional qualifying event in Sydney and in Brisbane You have to do five drills nothing else no skill. I don't think unless you want to but there's five drill This is like a qualifying event. You don't actually go to the combine unless you Register yourself in one of these five events go to it and do these five of five drills. So they are Number one. I've done them all guys. I've done every single one in previous videos, which fucking excites me Man, holy shit. I tell you what my heart skipped a beat when I saw this literally in two weeks I could be in Brisbane trying to put my name forward to be an Australian making the NFL if I want to YOLO man Will I make the NFL? Will I do I really think I'm gonna make the NFL? I don't fucking know But I'm only getting older. I'm 27 years old. It's just it's just a new set of steps It's a new set of footwork that I plan on bringing to the game. You know if I'm coming up if I'm a receiver. You're a cornerback, right? I'm coming up to you You know, I'll be fucking. Oh, you can't cover me. So many of those guys those five Sorry Don't don't don't hate on me too much for doing that. I just got a little bit carried away carried away but but look guys The reality of it is the reality of it is I'll arrive there I have to do five drills the 40-yard dash the 510 5 the three cone drill broad jump and vertical jump, okay so That's all I'm gonna say about that if I make it to the combine Just know That we called it here first. We fucking called it here first YOLO man YOLO. You can do anything If you've set your mind to it, and I'm running out of time and time is our biggest asset And it's running out for me. So if I don't go to this at age 27 It'll be a whole nother year I'll be age 28. Who knows where I'll be I might have I might have too many responsibilities that I just cannot make it You know, this is possible for me to actually get there So I think I'm gonna do it and over the next two weeks I'm just gonna try and prepare myself to the best of my ability to go there and Smash through those five drills in the fastest in the best way I can So that means sprint training that means resistance training that means hitting the bench press which I haven't done for a while That means going down to the field practicing my broad jump practicing jumping up and out rather than just out and Practicing my my vertical as well I'm excited man I'm excited. I only found out about this combine last night, and it's happening in two weeks Like that's what I'm saying man. This this shit is just all just happening just too too coincidentally, you know, just too much Seriously So anyways Over the next couple weeks like I said, I'm gonna prepare myself as best as I can for that But the videos you're gonna see are the top 100 so I hope you've enjoyed. I hope you've enjoyed when we get to number one Before the start of the regular season like I said We'll be coming back to vlogs And I'll be updating you on how things went in either Sydney or Brisbane When I go and attend this combine because you know what when I started this conversation with you guys just 20 minutes ago 10 minutes ago. I was convinced I wasn't gonna go but after talking with you guys talking it through Why the fuck not? Wish me luck guys Gonna be a fun couple of weeks