Gladiator Apollo on life in the NFL, Rugby & Louis Rees-Zammit đ
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 2. 04. 2024
- Hask is joined in the studio by his former Stade Francais teammate Ollie Phillips to help interview Alex Gray aka Apollo from Gladiators.
Alex has had a varied and wonderful career that's taken him from England U20 captaincy to the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons. Now he has a starring role in the smash hit remake of Gladiators.
In the week that Louis Rees-Zammit signed for the Kansas City Chiefs, Alex speaks about his time in the NFL and the challenge of making the active roster.
Season 4 is sponsored by Continental Tyres.
0:01 - Show Intro
1:28 - Show Starts
3:20 - Alex Gray's Career
5:09 - Life changing?
8:27 - Becoming a Gladiator
12:50 - The American Dream
18:22 - Understanding NFL
22:40 - Signing for Atlanta Falcons
25:15 - Why do Rugby players head to the NFL?
29:13 - The Pressure Cooker
34:40 - The Experience
37:20 - Ollie in the NFL
38:35 - Louis Rees-Zammit
42:37 - Continental Tyres Question of the Week
46:51 - Being Apollo
50:50 - Team
58:19 - Hong Kong Sevens
1:00:25 - What next?
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It seems like the rugby world missed out on not having Alex's personality and energy in the game to promote it but what a story he's had living to the fullest. Great episode.
Great episode. I live in a city with 2 NFL teams. I used to be a massive fan yet the love is gone. I fell in love with both Rugby codes. The NFLâs games are 3 hours chocked full of commercials and stoppage. I have a season seat to my local Major League Rugby team RFCLA. These guys donât get paid much yet Iâm taken aback by how humble Rugby players are. Thereâs a culture of trash talking your opponent which doesnât exist in that scale in Rugby. Respecting your opponents and the referee is a huge selling point for a lot of Yanks like myself. Itâs refreshing to see.
Really enjoyable episode! Alex's brashness seemed to almost pipe Hask down a bit, but his intelligence and humour also reflected on goals, working hard and missing out on some of your dreams only to find new ones. The trio of Hask, Ollie and Alex worked really well as entertainment and enlightenment to some of rugby and football's hardships.
Loved this. Apollo my favourite gladiator on the show. đđ
Well done Hask, actually a great episode and you did a good job đ
great episode. couldve easily been double the length
Thought he would mention being dropped from the Olympic 7s team⊠surprised he didnâtâŠđ
Iâm happy for LRZ that he got a contract. I didnât think heâd make it but hats off to him. However, I cannot help but worry about Rugbyâs future. If LRZ becomes a precedent for a Rugby player to make a serious splash in the NFL, Rugby must make changes to keep guys like him in the sport. Otherwise Rugby will die the death of a thousand cuts and become irrelevant.
0:01
They get paid more. It's not really difficult to understand.
Hope the anti Haskell comments mentioned at the beginning are untrue, as I very much the watch progam for Haskell's comments, understanding and humour.
Which current rugby player would make a good Gladiator? đ€
Soon as he came home he quit thatâs the issue no nfl would pick him up thereâs no second chances shame he looked good in clips and had backing shoulf of stuck it out and stayed
i hope he doesnât simply because he went to a supebowl contender team!
Money, Money Money. What a stupid question
LRZ is on a different level to this guy off the gladiators who was a part time rugby player đ€·ââïžđ
Youâre an arse, but you tell the truth
I was very excited when Alex came to Leeds, having seen his 7s highlights. TBH he was a bit of a disappointment.
Why go to the NFL? Twice the money for almost no work.
Because itâs sportsâ version of trying to become a pop star instead of a musician. Out of control US capitalism trying to compete with the Saudis in a sports race, Reagan/Andropov style!!!