The former Gunners star believes one lucrative deal is making it difficult to snap up other players, with the club “a million miles” from competing Arsenal’s decision to hand Mesut Ozil a big-money contract has made it difficult for them to bring in players, says Paul Merson, with the club now 20-plus years from a […]
The midfielder has enjoyed a superb season for the Hammers and is considered one of the best up-and-coming young players in the Premier League West Ham’s Declan Rice has claimed he had no intentions of leaving the club, despite admitting he was surprised at how long it took for them to offer him a new long-term […]
The Arsenal boss is happy to go toe-to-toe with his squad in order to galvanise them as he continues to overlook the German Arsenal boss Unai Emery has revealed he attempts to antagonise players in an effort to bring the best out of them. The comments come amid the continued marginalisation of Mesut Ozil, who […]
Having joined the Super Rugby competition in 2011, the Melbourne Rebels will be looking for their most consistent year yet after finishing 15th in the 2014 season. The inaugural season of the Buildcorp National Rugby championship identified some young talent in Jack Debreczeni & Sefanaia Naivalu, while the likes of Sean McMahon, Laurie Weeks & […]
Plenty has changed at the Brumbies in recent months and yet a lot is quite the same for Scott Sio as he prepares for his first match of 2017. Sio has been named on the bench for Saturday’s clash with the Highlanders, the team he faced in his last Super Rugby match, quarter-final loss in […]
Friday night’s loss to the Waratahs was absolutely a ‘wasted opportunity’, Rebels coach Tony McGahan says. McGahan was unequivocal, albeit pragmatic, when asked whether his team would live to rue the night they let a 19-point lead slip through their fingers. “No doubt. (It was) a wasted opportunity,” he said. “Someone had to leave here […]
The Melbourne Rebels are off to the best start in their history, taking a 35-9 win over the Sunwolves in Tokyo. In just their second ever win outside of Australia, the Rebels’ bonus point victory handed them a 3-1 record from the opening four rounds, their best since joining the Super Rugby competition. A scrappy […]
The Waratahs need to be ruthless to shake off the Western Force in Perth next weekend, halfback Nick Phipps says. NSW has had mixed history against the WA franchise, going down to them even in their championship 2014 season, as the Force’s suffocating defence shutting down NSW’sattack. Phipps said the Force might feel they have […]
What can we take out of the Rebels’ loss to the Highlanders? 1. Reality check The Rebels came into the match against the Highlanders with the best record in their history but that was put firmly into perspective against the reigning champions. The Highlanders showed them exactly what it takes to beat a finals side […]
Saturday’s tame 2-0 loss to top-four rivals Arsenal underlined that the Blues need to wrap up a deal for the Argentine striker as quickly as possible Maurizio Sarri may need more than Gonzalo Higuain to solve Chelsea’s problems but his arrival can’t come soon enough. In Saturday’s 2-0 loss at the Emirates, the Italian’s front […]