Collingwood star Mason Cox has opened up on his journey from the suburbs of Dallas, Texas, to heaving, roaring Australian crowds of 90,000.
The former college basketballer was interviewed by sports journalist Jon Wertheim on American current affairs show 60 Minutes on Monday morning (AEDT) about his unusual journey to the AFL and how he came to learn the particular skills that Australians have grown up learning.
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Wertheim, a senior tennis commentator who has made regular trips to Australia, struggled to explain the intricacies and quirks of the game to Americans.
“It’s a game of almost cartoonishly violent collisions – without the benefit of pads … it features non-stop trash talk and is played on a field practically the size of a speedway,” the interview begins.
“Footy entails pl...
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