'Feels like the beginning': Dubliner Mark McNamee makes Green Bay Packers debut

McNamee only arrived in the US on Friday night due to visa issues. 

Mark McNamee played as a goalkeeper for Ballyboden St Enda's. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Mark McNamee played in his first game for the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night, a 30-10 pre-season defeat to the New York Jets. Remarkably, the Dubliner did so before taking part in his first official practice with the Packers. 

McNamee signed a contract with the team last month to be their International Player Pathway Program designee but his arrival in Wisconsin was delayed as he awaited a visa. He only received the green light for his visa earlier this week and arrived in the States late on Friday night.