How British rugby players are heading for American football fame

The chance to earn millions a year, wider coverage and sporting stardom are just some of the reasons why British rugby league stars are hanging up their boots and trading it for a life in the NFL. On Saturday it was announced Travis Clayton - who has never played a competitive game of American football - had been snapped up by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the NFL draft as an offensive lineman. It means Clayton, who last played rugby for eighth-tier Basingstoke RFC last year, will be the latest in a string of rugby league players to head across the Atlantic to break into the American football league.