00:00It's always good to come home, even when you're a newly minted NFL star.
00:07My main goal is to give back to the community. That's what I want to do. That's my main goal.
00:1221-year-old Lucky Tassie grew up in the Ipswich suburb of Gudner.
00:16Next week he'll begin training with the Las Vegas Raiders after being drafted through an international program.
00:23This game means so much to me.
00:25Now he's trying to get other kids from Ipswich to follow in his footsteps.
00:29One, two, three, Raiders!
00:31Hundreds gathered for a special training session with Lucky and other Raiders staff.
00:36They were playing flag football, a variant of NFL with fewer players and contact.
00:42It's pretty fun playing with other kids, friends, families.
00:46It's very surprising. I never knew I could have this chance.
00:49It's part of a wider push to expand the sport in Australia.
00:53Our goal is to continue to bring the sport of football, of American football, to all different countries around the world.
01:01Flag football is set to be an Olympic sport for the first time in Los Angeles in 2028.
01:07NFL officials are hopeful events like this one today will encourage Brisbane 2032 organizers to keep the sport on that global stage.
01:17For Lucky, he's already dreaming of his first Super Bowl win and potentially playing in a hometown Olympics.
01:24Sign me up, man. Yeah.
01:26Nah, I'll definitely be, I'll be excited.
01:28I'll be excited.
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