The influence of the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship has been underscored with the news that a host of players from last year’s competition have signed fresh contracts with Super Rugby franchises for 2016 and beyond in the past 48 hours. Props Sef Fa’agase and Sam Talakai, loose forwards Michael Gunn and Adam Korczyk as well…
Dual sporting talent Jack Maddocks has opted to stick with rugby, signing with the Melbourne Rebels from 2017. Maddocks, who played every minute of Australia’s recent World U20s Championship campaign, was juggling the 15-man game with first grade cricket at Sydney University, before a standout Super U20s season put him squarely in the front of…
Brumbies winger Joe Tomane has penned a heartfelt tribute to the recently retired Ita Vaea. Vaea was forced into early retirement mid-week due to ongoing heart problems and his absence has been sorely felt by the Brumbies organisation. Tomane penned his note in the early hours of Sunday morning, after leading the Brumbies to a…
While the finals equation is not settled mathematically, Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd is expecting the Brumbies to take up the Australian knockout spot. The Hurricanes secured their finals place with a win over the Waratahs and would travel to Australia for their quarter-final if they finish second in the New Zealand conference. Click Here: pinko…
The Leeds manager’s decision to showcase his extensive research into Derby and their tactics did not go down well with his counterpart Derby County manager Frank Lampard has expressed his annoyance with Leeds United counterpart Marcelo Bielsa and the presentation he gave about his unorthodox coaching methods. Bielsa admitted in a hastily-arranged press conference on Wednesday that spies…
Vicente Boluda is amazed that the club didn’t have anything planned out for the Portugal star’s departure Former Real Madrid president Vicente Boluda has admitted he was surpirsed that the club did not have a plan in place aftter selling Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus. Ronaldo departed for the Serie A champions in the summer after establishing himself as…
The Monaco head coach was displeased with what he perceived as time-wasting from Strasbourg defender Kenny Lala Monaco head coach Thierry Henry stated that he felt the sight of Kenny Lala time-wasting was “too much” after TV cameras caught him seemingly launching a foul-mouthed rant at the Strasbourg defender on Saturday. The Frenchman’s troubled tenure…
The full-back will return against Burton Albion in the Carabao Cup after two months out Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy has the potential to be a top-class left-back but wants the defender to show more maturity, noting: “I’m not his father.” Mendy’s career since joining City from Monaco has been heavily disrupted by a…
The Netherlands international is highly rated by a former Anfield favourite, who believes Van Dijk has what it takes to make history Virgil van Dijk has been tipped to become one of the Premier League’s defensive greats by former Liverpool player Gary Gillespie. Van Dijk swapped Southampton for Anfield at the start of 2018, and…
The Ghana international has endured an injury-hit couple of seasons with Bundesliga club Schalke and is set for a fresh start in Ligue 1 Chelsea’s injury-hit left-back Baba Rahman is on the verge of a sealing a six-month loan to French club Reims, Goal understands. The Ghanaian’s 18-month spell with Bundesliga outfit Schalke has been an…