Patriots safety Nate Ebner pulled off one of the incredible feats of Olympic qualifying season, making the first U.S. Olympic rugby sevens team less than four months after announcing his return to the sport.
And he thinks other football players would fare well in rugby. Namely teammate Rob Gronkowski.
“How would Gronk be at anything that is physical? I think that answers that,” Ebner said on The Dan Patrick Show on Thursday. “He’s a beast. He’d have no problems.”
Ebner, a 27-year-old who competed on rugby’s top international stage as a teenager before converting to football at Ohio State, was asked which sport is tougher.