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News.com.au
a day ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
NRL star's daughter unveils huge move
A young Australian woman who has spent more than a decade dancing for an NRL team could be set to land one of the most coveted cheerleading gigs in the world. Indianna Carroll, who has cheered for the Manly Sea Eagles' Seabirds for 10 years, has made it to the third round of the NFL's Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders try outs. She will now compete against 64 others and is set to find out if she has progressed on July 14 after an intense four week training camp where she will learn the team's choreography. She has come far — with as many as 4000 women applying for just 10 open spots this year. Overall, there are 36 spots on the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, which was the subject of an incredibly popular Netflix series that debuted in 2024. Ms Carroll, who is the daughter of former NRL player Mark and of Seabirds cheerleading director Monique, left for training camp on Monday and revealed she has 'put her life on hold' to achieve her dream. 'Dallas cheerleaders are the epitome of cheerleading in the world,' Ms Carroll told The Daily Telegraph. 'I have been in a cheerleading outfit with pompoms since I was one year old. It's part of who I am.' It's the third time that Ms Carroll has auditioned, getting to the same place in the try outs last year before being cut. She said she's needed to be mentally and physically strong to not only cope with missing out previously, but in order to push herself to keep going. The young cheerleader said getting as far as she has done has been 'surreal' and she knows it will be 'hectic' in the coming weeks. Ms Carroll said she loves cheerleading, and the NFL team's squad bring a certain kind of sparkle, adding it would be a dream come true to be part of the squad. 'When you love something so passionately, the most sensible thing to do is follow your heart. It's such a burning desire for me. I can't let it rest until I give it a good go. At the end of the day you just have to back yourself and Dallas is the most iconic NFL organisation, for sure,' she said. Ms Carroll, who also works for Zimmerman, said getting to this stage 'felt right', and both her parents have expressed how proud of her they are. Last year, after not making the cut, Ms Carroll penned a lengthy letter to Instagram, saying the experience was 'unforgettable and insightful'. 'While my path ended here this season, I am unhesitatingly thankful for the lessons this has taught me and continues to. Without a little bit of darkness, I'd never see the stars so I will continue to live for the hope of it all,' she shared.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
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.'
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'Hate each other': Push for Perth Bears to face despised rivals in first game back
With the Bears' return to the NRL confirmed, fans are demanding the Perth team's comeback match must be against despised rivals Manly at Bear Park. While the NRL and WA government will no doubt look to launch the Perth Bears in Perth, there is a push from rusted on Norths fans to mark the occasion by playing at their spiritual home in round one of the 2027 season. And the reawakening has to be against the Sea Eagles, who Norths supporters blame for running them out of the competition 26 years ago. As one fan said after the Perth Bears were officially launched: "I'm sick of supporting whoever is playing Manly. This is one of the happiest moments of my life." Ross Pitman, who administers the 11,000-strong Facebook group 'The Den', is backing the campaign to play Manly first up at North Sydney Oval. "It's a great idea. It will be the ultimate tribal experience for a whole new generation of Bears fans," he told Yahoo Sport Australia. "Some haven't felt it or experienced it and have only heard about it. Norths had the casting vote - or say - in allowing Manly to join the comp (in 1947) and they went on to decimate the ranks of the Bears from that day forth. They are hated by Bears people." RELATED: Jarome Luai boost as Mitchell Moses suffers blow in Origin race Kevin Walters responds amid links to replace under-fire NRL coach Former Manly prop Mark Carroll can vouch for that. He played in six Manly-Norths derbies between 1994-97, rating them some of the toughest football he's been involved in. "If you want this new entity to make a statement right from the get-go, then the first game has to be against Manly at famous old North Sydney Oval," he wrote in his weekly column for The Nightly. "I can hear the fans in Perth coming at me already, arguing the inaugural match in the new club's history should be played in Western Australia. "It's a fair point and the NRL will more than likely be on board with it, but that doesn't mean it should happen. Can you imagine the images and emotion a packed North Sydney Oval would deliver the game. "The Bears and Sea Eagles hate each other. It's not some made-up marketing wank, it's genuine. I know we could fit more fans in at Allianz Stadium and Perth will understandably want to host opening night, but I'd love it to be held at North Sydney Oval as a way of thanking those fans who stayed the distance with one of the game's oldest clubs." The NRL is yet to reveal how many Sydney home games the Perth Bears will receive, but there are plans to play at least one match a year at historic North Sydney Oval.
Yahoo
04-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
xAI seeks city property for water recycling facility
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — xAI has offered to purchase about 13 acres of city property to build a wastewater recycling facility to cool the company's Colossus supercomputer in southwest Memphis. The property, part of a city wastewater plant, is appraised at $820,000, city officials said. Public Works has accepted the company's purchase offer and asked for City Council approval during a committee hearing on Tuesday. Engineer Mark Carroll, the designer and operator of the recycling plant, said the facility will divert about 20% of the wastewater from the plant, clean it, and then send it both to xAI and the nearby TVA and Nucor facilities. xAI expanding Memphis supercomputer; Nvidia, Dell and more tech coming to city, Chamber says The project, which could go online as soon as next summer, would reduce the draw on the Memphis Sand aquifer by about 9%, and produce no pollution while reducing wastewater discharged in the Mississippi River, Carroll said. It would be the largest facility of its kind in the world. 'I have a vested interest in this being a jewel for the city of Memphis,' Carroll said. 'This will be, frankly, something really cool.' Bobby White with the Greater Memphis Chamber, said the wastewater recycling facility was an investment in the city, paid for by xAI, that would help protect the aquifer. But City Council member Yolanda Cooper-Sutton said residents near the xAI facility are concerned and scared of its environmental implications, and the lack of communication from the company. She said the company wasn't welcome here. 'This is not good for us. This is not good for the city,' she said. 'You're gonna regret the day that you ever allowed something to move so quickly in such a precious city.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
