Rocca still kicking with Redskins

Sav Rocca celebrates with teammate Kai Forbath during a Washington win over Baltimore in December last year. Source: AP

FORMER AFL spearhead Saverio Rocca's remarkable football career will continue into his 40s after he was yesterday re-signed by the Washington Redskins for a further two seasons.

Rocca, who sits 13th on the AFL's all-time goal-kicking list with 748, did enough in his two seasons with the Redskins to convince them to offer him another punting contract despite the fact he will turn 40 in November, The Australian reports.

It means the 39-year-old, who played for 15 seasons with Collingwood and North Melbourne, will have completed nine years in the NFL should he see out his new contract.

According to the Washington Post, the financial terms of Rocca's new agreement, which the Australian is yet to sign, are still to be agreed to. Yet the Redskins were clearly impressed by Rocca's performance last year, when he averaged a career-high 43.9 yards per punt.

That he needed post-season surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee, which he carried in the Redskins' final few games of the 2012-13 competition, added to the Redskins' belief that Rocca can improve further.

Rocca was renowned as a prodigious kick during his time at Collingwood, where he claimed a best and fairest and finished second in the 1997 Coleman Medal, and at North Melbourne.

He became the oldest rookie in NFL history in 2007 when debuting for the Philadelphia Eagles at 33.

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