NFL star backs game Down Under

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New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees has thrown his support behind a petition to get an official NFL game played in Australia.

The petition has prompted several key Australian figures in gridiron to back the initiative, including former NFL punter and ex-AFL player, Ben Graham.

Similarly, Brees responded enthusiastically to the request to bring the game to Aussie shores.

Known as one of the game's elite play-callers, in 2010 Brees led the Saints to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy in Super Bowl XLIV against Indianapolis. He was also named MVP in that pulsating match, facing the then Peyton Manning-led Colts.

Coming off the back of the hugely successful MLB Opening Series which was played in the revamped Sydney Cricket Ground, diehard American sports fans in Australia are hoping the NFL are inspired to make the trip over too.

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman met with NFL executives in New York last month, urging the league to consider playing a game in Brisbane at the 52,000 capacity Suncorp Stadium.

"We will get them to Queensland," the Premier said.

"We'll show them the venue and the venues and we'll talk about what's possible."

In recent years the NFL has played popular showpiece games as part of the regular season in London, England.

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