Nic Naitanui helps out at training for Israel Aussie Rules club Tel Aviv Cheetahs

HE may be injured and on holidays on the other side of the world, but the footy never sleeps for Nic Naitanui.

The star Eagle yesterday made a cameo appearance at training for an Aussie Rules club in Israel, providing the Tel Aviv Cheetahs with some words of wisdom.

It came after Naitanui revealed he had failed to escape footy fans on his trip, which included swimming in the Dead Sea and visiting the Old Town at Jerusalem.

“There’s been a couple of dirty looks at the more tourist-y sites,” Naitanui told The Four Hoarsemen podcast.

“People look and then look again and think ‘Surely not… what’s he doing here on his own? He’s got no mates’.

“I travelled across here to try to escape the Aussies, but they’re everywhere.

Read the report in Perth Now.