For now, it is a waiting game for Smillie and his fellow candidates, including those that attend the Mexico Combine on October 23, as they are whittled down to 12. Successful athletes will then train out in Florida for three months before four are allocated to an NFL team. Former Ryder Cup Paul McGinley, who finished in the top six at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in 2004, thinks the visitors should be happy with the course. Australia were scheduled to host their inaugural Test against Afghanistan in Hobart from November 26 ahead of the Ashes series with England, which begins in Brisbane on December 8. That Smillie acknowledges the goal of growing rugby in Jamaica seems fitting at a time when he is now playing a role in helping football continue its expansion beyond America.