Top 20 multi-sport athletes: Other sports rugby players have tried

Top 20 multi-sport athletes: Here’s what other sports rugby players have tried

6. Terry Price – Rugby and American Football

A Welsh rugby union & league international and later a professional American football player for the Buffalo Bills.


7. Melissa Ruscoe – Rugby and Football

Captained the New Zealand national teams in both football and rugby union.


8. Hayden Smith – Rugby, Basketball and American Football

An Australian-born USA international lock who played for Saracens. He had trained with Australian NBL side the Sydney Kings before taking up a scholarship to play basketball at the New York Institute of Technology and Metropolitan State University of Denver. He later signed with NFL side the New York Jets as a tight end in 2012.


9. Nate Ebner – Rugby Sevens and American Football 

New England Patriots safety who played rugby sevens for the USA at the 2016 Olympics.


10. Daniel Adongo – Rugby and American Football

A former Kenyan sevens representative who played as a lock/loose forward in the Currie Cup, ITM Cup, and Super Rugby before signing with the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL as a linebacker.

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