Today I chat with USA Eagle Malon Al Jiboori who is currently playing with Ealing Trailfinders in the English Championship.

Malon signed with the USA sevens when he was 18. He left first year university, moved to San Diego and started travelling across the world on the HSBC World Series. When he was 20 he was capped by the Eagles and then jumped back to sevens before going to the 2019 RWC. He’s now playing with Ealing in the English Championship because he has a goal to play in the Premiership. We talk about all of this and also,

• Difficulties he had adjusting to life in London when he signed for Ealing.
• How he got recruited to Lindenwood.
• Why he turned down D1 College football scholarships to play rugby.  
• What it was like moving over and back between USA 7s & 15s.
• How set sets goals.
• Why he backed himself to make the RWC 2019 squad when he wasn’t playing 15s.
• He naturally overthinks things, and how he has learned to deal with that.
• The mindset he has adopted that allows him to play his best.
• The prejudice he feels there is against American rugby players.
• The effect rugby can have on his mental health.
• Training with David Pocock at the Brumbies 
• Why he had to get off Instagram.

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