Rocca’s Punts Turning Heads Down Under

AP Image Australian Broadcast Corporation (the other ABC) correspondent Craig McMurtrie and his trusted cameraman Louie Eroglu have been based in Washington, D.C. for about a year now, covering the many political and social happenings in the United States. Prior to August, the NFL and Redskins weren’t really on their radar for newsworthiness.  But that was before the Redskins signed famous Aussie footballer-turned-NFL punter Sav Rocca.  With the tremendous season that he’s putting together, it’s making waves overseas. Craig McMurtrie “We don’t typically do much sports stories,” admitted McMurtrie, “But there haven’t been that many Australians on the Redskins roster.” McMurtrie and Eroglu were recently out at Redskins Park to interview Rocca about his life and career as an NFL punter.  I headed them off with a conversation that gave me a better idea of Rocca’s past, and them a better idea of Rocca’s present. As McMurtr...