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Mailata hasn’t slept post Superbowl win | 02:30
Bleary-eyed Aussie NFL behemoth Jordan Mailata soaked up the Philadelphia Eagles’ richly-deserved Super Bowl celebrations.
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The Eagles decimated the back-to-back champion Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22, to claim their second-ever NFL championship, following a Nick Foles-led title win over the New England Patriots in 2018.
A six-foot-eight offensive tackle, Mailata became the first Australian to start and play in a Super Bowl win, creating incredible history after playing an integral role in Philadelphia’s up-front push all season long.
“Man, the party was crazy,” Mailata said the morning after. “I can’t say what happened in the party, but, hey, it was crazy in the party.”
The morning after his team’s comprehensive triumph, the former NRL product had a tough time articulating his winning feeling.
“I’m not really sure how to describe it. The best way I could probably do it is … it doesn’t feel real,” he told American breakfast television on Tuesday (AEDT).
“I had a lot of reasons for wanting to win this game but drawing on the experiences from the last time we were here, I think it was just very important for us that the guys who were here two years ago, for us to finish the job.”
Asked if he’d slept yet, a worse-for-wear Mailata said: “Man, the bags must be showing. I have not been to sleep yet.”
His mother, Maria, said: “I came with all the belief that he’s going to do this.” His wife, Niki, said: “I just couldn’t be more proud of him.”
Roughly 14,000 kilometres away, Mailata’s extended family was watching proudly from Sydney.
“Inside my heart is full of joy, and I’m so proud of him,” Mailata’s father, Tupa’i, said back home on Monday.
