STRIVING FOR NFL STARDOM

THERE was blood, sweat and torn hamstrings as athletes from across the nation and Oceania put their bodies on the line in the quest for NFL stardom on the weekend.

About 50 athletes from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and Fiji descended on RACV Royal Pines Resort for the first National Football League international combine.

Picture: JERAD WILLIAMS Philip George Brown from Fiji at the NFL international combine draft day on Saturday,