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Jordan Mailata doesn't like being told what to do. Now, in a roundabout way, that defiance is precisely what has ultimately led him to an NFL Super Bowl.
It all started when the Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle wagged school to catch the Super Bowl on a Monday morning when he was a teenager.
While making the NRL was still the former South Sydney Rabbitoh's driving passion, he risked the fury of parents Tupa'i and Maria to take in the NFL spectacle.
'Yeah, skipping school (to watch), I probably shouldn't have done that,' he admitted.
'But I didn't understand the game, I was just watching it mostly for the halftime performances. That's a real story.'
Mailata with his mother Maria and father Tupa'i. He defied their orders to skip school as a teenager to watch the Super Bowl
While it has been a highly successful season for the Eagles, Mailata's parents were unlucky to travel to the US to see an uncharacteristic loss
Mailata has previously admitted a boyhood crush led him to skipping school that fateful day to watch the Super Bowl.
'I first heard of the Super Bowl
