Former NRL star and WWE wrestler Daniel Vidot is eying an upset when USA’s Hawks rugby league national team faces Wales at The Wern in Merthyr Tydfil on Saturday. Brisbane-form Vidot, 36, who burst onto the scene as a teenager at Canberra Raiders in 2009, scored 55 tries in 114 appearances in the NRL and represented Samoa at the Rugby League World Cup in 2013. The former Brisbane Broncos wing called time on his highly-lucrative league career in 2017 - at the age of just 27 -

All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) star Xyon has been named in USA Rugby League’s national team squad to travel to play Wales on Saturday 17 October. The former AJPW World Tag Team Champion is part of an 18-man team announced for the International Test Match in Merthyr Tydfil. Submitted to RugbyJP.com Brisbane native Xyon, 36, who played over 100 games in the National Rugby League (NRL), was granted permission by AJPW to play for his adopted country of USA who he qualifies for ba

Former NRL star-turned pro wrestler Daniel Vidot will play for USA’s national rugby league side on Friday in Las Vegas having started his week by wrestling in Tokyo on Monday. Vidot, 36, who is known as Xyon in the squared circle, has become an established name in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) where he recently held the company’s prestigious tag team titles for 101 days with stable mate Oddyssey. The ex-Brisbane Broncos wing competed in an eight-man tag team match on Monday

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Former NRL star Daniel Vidot has been selected to compete in All Japan Pro Wrestling’s prestigious Champion Carnival tournament....