Footy legend's daughter takes a HUGE step to joining the most famous cheerleading squad in the world
Mark Carroll lived the dream as an NRL enforcer in his decorated footy career - and now it is his daughter's turn to take a shot at becoming a global star.
Indianna Carroll, 27, has been invited to the US as she seeks to become a cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys NFL team.
After impressing in the first couple of rounds, Sydney -based Carroll will now look to be named in the final 10-strong group.
'I have put my life on hold for this,' the long-term Manly Sea Eagles cheerleader told News Corp.
'Dallas cheerleaders are the epitome of cheerleading in the world.
'I have been in a (cheerleading) outfit with pompoms since I was a one-year-old. It is part of who I am.'
Carroll won't have to wait long to see if she lives out her dream - the 10 winners will be announced on July 14 at The Star, the club's Dallas headquarters.
She also stated it feels 'surreal' to have reached the final audition - and believes cheerleading offers a further 'element of entertainment to game days.'
Indianna also doesn't have to look far for inspiration - her mother Monique has been the cheerleading director at the Sea Eagles — better known as the Seabirds — for more than three decades on Sydney's northern beaches.
And if Carroll is successful, TV stardom could quickly follow - the final training camp is the subject of an upcoming Netflix documentary, America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
Meanwhile, Mark 'Spudd' Carroll previously opened up about Indianna's battle with endometriosis.
'It scared the sh** out of me,' he said in 2018.
'We have tried everything. The amount of money I've spent on doctors.
'These doctors, they think they know (it all)....they have no idea, seriously. No one knows how to cure it.
'Indi went to bed one night after screaming through the house: 'I'd rather kill myself than have this bloody horrible disease.
'I went to bed bawling. I cried myself to sleep.'
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