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RIO DE JANEIRO --Nate Ebner is the only Super Bowl champion who ever played a game of rugby in the Olympics. "Football's a violent game played right at one another.

"Not really," Ebner said. However, team USA fell two points short of advancing to medal play, eventually finishing ninth.Ebner continues to be intertwined in the world of professional rugby. 2018 also happens to be the same year that Ebner, and now his former Patriots teammate Patrick Chung, each become minority owners in the New England Free Jacks, a Major League Rugby team.The signing of Ebner is a logical addition for the Joe Judge run Giants. With extra time, it's over in 20 minutes, tops.But it's played on the same field that regular rugby uses, with 14 players instead of 30. Core led the team with eight special teams tackles one season ago. As NFL teams make the moves to finalize their 53-man rosters, here are notable cuts and news from Saturday. Washington was early to rise on cut-down day with some somewhat surprising news, as it released safety Sean Davis and placed linebacker Reuben Foster on IR.Josh Rosen is the odd quarterback out, again. The New England Patriots safety and special teams ace scored a try before his late tackle led to a yellow card in the Americans' 26-0 blowout of Brazil on Tuesday in the rugby sevens tournament.Back home, Bill Belichick stopped practice so his players could watch their teammate compete a world away at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.They saw No. Twitter. However, that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his true passion, rugby.In 2016, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick gave Ebner his blessing to take a temporary leave from the team to compete for a spot on Team USA’s rugby sevens team for the 2016 Olympics in Rio.Mike Friday, team USA sevens’ head coach, went on record stating that when Ebner first approached him about trying out for the Olympic team, the coach set meager expectations on the player, proclaiming he had a 10 to 20 percent chance of making the team.Yet, despite having not played rugby competitively in the six years prior, Ebner’s athletic prowess shined through. Nate Ebner steps away from New England Patriots to join USA Olympic rugby team Read more Enveloped by the Fijian Frenchman, the 6ft, 210lbs … Olympic Rugby Player Nate Ebner Caps Dream Year With Second Super Bowl Win With New England Patriots. Rugby Olympian Nate Ebner Is Super Bowl-Bound With New England Patriots. "He's probably the only person in the history of man that's able to say that," Payne said.Ebner will return to the Patriots when his Olympic adventure is over. Powered by New York Giants signed former New England Patriots safety Nate Ebner, who also happened to be a member of the 2016 USA Olympic rugby team. Nate Ebner has brought a taste of Patriots football to USA Rugby. I love this sport. What A Year! The special teams ace is taking a leave of absence from the team effective Tuesday to begin training for the United States rugby team and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, Ebner, 27, was an All-American rugby player at Ohio State. Link Chain Icon. "We can kind of be trailblazers for something great in the United States and obviously that's our hopes and dreams for this sport. Nate Ebner following his dream (4:26) Patriots DB Nate Ebner joins SportsCenter to talk about taking a leave of absence from New England to train for the U.S. Olympic rugby team. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari.

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