Aussies Show Americans How to Play Football. SuperBowl

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Las Vegas bookmakers have Sav Rocca's Philadelphia Eagles red hot favourites to defeat Ben Graham's Arizona Cardinals and book a place in next month's Super Bowl.

The former AFL stars turned gridiron punters go head-to-head in Sunday's (Monday 7am AEDT) sudden death National Football Conference (NFC) title game in Phoenix , Arizona.

The winner will become the first Australian to play in the National Football League's (NFL) Super Bowl.

Graham, a former captain and star centre half-forward for Geelong, says his Cardinals team is used to being written off despite upset victories in playoff games the past two weeks.

"We can't control the oddsmakers," Graham told AAP.

Bookmakers along the Vegas strip have the Eagles at around 1/2 to win, with the Cardinals at 13/8.

Last week the Cardinals knocked out the heavily-backed Carolina Panthers 33-13.

"Obviously last week going to the east coast and beating a team that hasn't been beaten at home in a playoff game was a great win for the team and now to have the NFC championship game here at home with our home crowd at their very loudest, it's fantastic," Graham said.

"But we still have a lot of work to be done."

Rocca, one of the great goalkickers in AFL history after a 14 year career with Collingwood and North Melbourne, has also had to overcome plenty of knockers on the way to the NFC game.

Rocca's Eagles limped into the playoffs, but with quarterback Donovan McNabb back in form defeated Super Bowl favourites New York Giants last week 23-11.

Eagles team officials said Rocca, inundated with Australian media interview requests the past week, imposed a media ban ahead of the Cardinals' game.

However, Rocca's special teams coach has been full of praise for the punting power of opponent, Graham.

"He's a very effective punter," Eagles special-teams coordinator Rory Segrest, speaking about Graham, told the Philadelphia Daily News.

"He can punt the ball way down the field.

"He has great leg strength and can get the ball hung up there very well."

Graham, who has been open to the media, said he hopes the Australian match-up increases the profile of the game in his homeland.

"I hope it means more people in Australia follow the NFL, not just when the Super Bowl is on," Graham said.

"I hope they follow a team, get to know the players and understand the game."

The Pittsburgh Steelers host the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday (Monday AEDT) to decide the other team contesting the Super Bowl.

The Super Bowl will take place February 1 in Tampa Bay, Florida.

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