{"id":2028,"date":"2024-08-01T00:04:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T00:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2024-08-01T00:04:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T00:04:35","slug":"everyone-is-saying-the-same-thing-after-watching-irish-female-rugby-player-lift-her-teammate-over-her-head-to-make-epic-catch-almost-lose-her-shorts-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2028","title":{"rendered":"Everyone Is Saying The Same Thing After Watching Irish Female Rugby Player Lift Her Teammate Over Her Head To Make Epic Catch &#038; Almost Lose Her Shorts (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, has served as a scouting platform for football fans, who have seen a handful of female rugby players they want\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0teams to sign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<p>Team USA\u2019s Ilona Maher is one such player, having gone viral after a brutal truck during a game against Japan on the weekend. Two players from the Ireland Olympic team have since joined her as prospects fans would love to have in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The players are trending online after combining to pull off an astonishing catch against Great Britain, with one hoisting the other up to make the catch and then pulling her back down before she makes a bad landing.<\/p>\n<p>The catcher was at risk of her pants coming off, too, but everything worked out well. Check it out in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1818660522218213665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the video<\/a>\u00a0below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Some <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> team needs to sign this lady from the Olympics\u2026<\/p>\n<p>WHAT AN INSANE CATCH &amp; play<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MRJavMSxxY\">pic.twitter.com\/MRJavMSxxY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1818660522218213665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cChargers can use her,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0one fan observed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><em>\u201cThis the best catch of all time,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0another declared.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSign both of them!!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0someone urged.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBoth of them. The girl that caught her and kept her from falling on her head,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a comment read.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe one that picked her up, right? Cuz that\u2019s the most impressive s*** I\u2019ve ever seen lol. Held onto her like a small child \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a user joked.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNew hailmary meta for NFL,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0someone else pointed out.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWho had the better catch? The one catching the ball or the one catching the person catching the ball?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0another fan asked.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIs there a rule stopping this from happening in the NFL?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0asked another.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-olympic-games-catch-isn-t-foreign-to-rugby\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Olympic Games Catch Isn\u2019t Foreign To Rugby<\/h2>\n<p>While NFL fans aren\u2019t used to seeing such receptions in football, players hoisting each other to make catches is pretty commonplace in rugby.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this play from the Olympic Games was impressive because of how badly it could have turned out if the player at the bottom wasn\u2019t strong enough to pull her teammate back down.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, has served as a scouting platform for football fans, who have seen a handful of female rugby players they want\u00a0NFL\u00a0teams to sign. 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