Take it from Joique Bell - ‘It’s not working hardest, it’s working smartest’

Joique Bell’s arms stretch behind his head as if pulled by an individual rope.

His mouth opens with an enormous yawn and the mammoth legs that allowed him to pound for over 800 rushing yards last season as a running-back with the Detroit Lions point ramrod straight ahead. It is not the normal player interview etiquette, but it is entirely excusable.

Bell has been doing the rounds about London and Dublin since Tuesday, promoting the November 1 International Series meeting between his Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs at Wembley, and launching a new brand of Nike apparel at the Elverys Intersport outlet in Dundrum Shopping Centre where he entertained fans, journalists and bloggers for the best part of yesterday afternoon.