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NRL stars Jason Taumalolo and Valentine Holmes stocks in the NFL are on the rise.A week after they worked out for 14 NFL teams including the New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers in Los Angeles, two new teams - not represented by scouts at the two-hour session - have shown interest in signing the duo.AAP understands they might offer invites to Taumalolo and Holmes to fly to the US for individual workouts.The interest comes as National Football Scouting (NFS) president Jeff Foster, who ran the session at LAs Loyola High School, sent video from the day to NFL teams.The video clips shot by NFS show North Queenslands Dally M-winning forward Taumalolo and Cronulla winger Holmes undergoing athletic tests and skills, including the 40-yard dash, cone drills and speed and agility exercises where they were required to catch a gridiron ball on the run.NFL scouts and player personnel directors will analyse the information to determine if their skills will translate to American football and whether to invite the players back to the US for individual workouts.They will also examine footage from their NRL games.Attending the LA session were scouts from the Jets, Eagles, 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, LA Rams, Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, San Diego Chargers and the Seattle Seahawks.The players Australian manager Chris Orr said four NFL teams immediately expressed interest in Taumalolo and Holmes.We have had a lot of interest since the workout and it all seems extremely positive and well received, Orr said.I am now letting Jason and Valentine enjoy their much-deserved break.Both players, who were inspired by rugby league international Jarryd Haynes stint last year with the 49ers, said it would be a dream come true if they were signed by a NFL team.They are contracted to their NRL teams for 2017 and say they will fulfil their contracts, but that could be tested if NFL teams attempt to entice them to the US for the 2017/18 season. 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She became only the second American woman, after Amy Van Dyken, to capture four golds at a single Olympics.But, following two years swimming collegiately at California and then turning pro last summer, Franklin hasnt been able to recapture the form that made her one of the most-hyped -- and heavily sponsored -- U.S. athletes heading into the Rio Olympics.She struggled at the U.S. trials, qualifying for the team in only two individual events, both with runner-up finishes.In Rio, she failed to even qualify for the final of the 200-meter freestyle. After that showing, the coaches only picked her to swim the preliminary of the 4x200 free relay, a decision that would have seemed unfathomable just a few months ago but didnt meet with any protest from Franklin.I was absolutely fine with it, Franklin said. They 100 percent made the right decision.The 21-year-old still earned a gold medal -- the fifth of her career -- when a Katie Ledecky-led squad swept to victory in the relay final Wednesday night.That did little to ease the sting for Franklin. Shes ready to go home to Colorado.Being totally honest, Im doing better because its almost over, she said.Franklin has coped with her struggles by leaning heavily on her religious faith.My faith in God is really getting me through, she said. I know that hes going to make something beautiful out of this, hes going to transform me and my life into doing something from all of this. I have no clue what that is. I wish I could ask him what hes going to do.Her teammates are doing all they can to help.I just throw a couple of random dance parties. I take some really, really horrendouus Snapchats of her, Cierra Runge said.dddddddddddd. Whatever I can do to make her laugh.Those Dove chocolate candies with the inspirational message on the wrapper help, too.One of the verses really stuck with Franklin.Every day is an opportunity to change things for the better, she recounted. That was a good reminder that regardless of how things have been going, how Ive been feeling, every day is a new opportunity.And, of course, she can always turn to her family.Youre never too old to call your mom and cry and ask her for advice, Franklin said. She just told me that its going to be OK, and thats all I needed to hear. Yeah, its hard right now. Its probably the hardest thing Ive had to go through. But its going to be OK. Im loved. Im supported. When you put things in perspective, if a disappointing meet is the worst thing that happens in my life, then I have a pretty damn good life.Franklin was competing Thursday in her final event of the games, the 200 backstroke, an event she won at London. She gave little indication of turning things around in the preliminaries, managing only the 11th-best time at 2 minutes, 9.36 seconds.That was good enough to get her to the evening semifinals, but nearly 2 seconds slower than she went during the prelims in 2012. Her gold medal time was 2:04.06, a level she has seems to have accepted wont be attainable this time around.Franklin will return to Cal in the fall to resume her studies, but she made clear that her swimming career isnt over.It doesnt mean Im anywhere close to being done with this sport, she said. Ive got so much left to give to this sport, to my fans, to the people whove been supporting me.If theres a bright side, Franklin has learned just how much shes really loved.Yeah, its a disappointment. But the support Ive received has shown me so much more than I ever couldve expected, she said. Youre so much more than the number of medals you have, youre so much more than the time you spend in the pool, your value goes so beyond all of that. I dont think I ever wouldve come to that realization without going through something like this.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '