Alex Dunnachie, Shawn Withy-Allen

In Australia, where it's already tomorrow, Peter Hanlon of The Age profiles incoming punter Alex Dunnachie.

DUNNACHIE readily admits he knew nothing about American football a year ago ("I'm still learning the rules now, trying to anyway"), and went ahead with applying for and being accepted into a health science degree at Latrobe, still thinking this mad adventure couldn't last. It was only when Chapman took the trio to America last month — Dunnachie's first time out of Australia — that he started to believe the possibilities. Flown to Hawaii to meet Warriors' staff, he was asked to give an insight into club-level footy Down Under. "They asked what the biggest crowd was I'd played in front of. I said, 'Maybe 150.' They're like, 'That's 150,000?' I said, 'No, that's 150 people."' When the college season starts in September, he will play in front of 60,000. "It's a bit daunting when you look at it like that."

Hope he can make the adjustment quickly. If it makes him feel any better, it'll probably be more like 27,000.

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And Shawn Withy-Allen threw three TD passes to lead the Fayetteville Guard to victory in their season opener. Thanks again to fuzzylogic.