With the Finals over and the November 1 contract deadline passed, we can officially declare the NRL’s silly season open. Into the morass of gossip and conjecture, we will bring sanity, with the relaunch of Smart Signings, our dissection of where clubs are weak, what they need to improve and where they might find it. […]
If the ARL Commission decides to dish out exemptions for NRL teams to poach rugby talent, it’s a strategic move rather than one that will change the landscape much at all. NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo has confirmed the Commission will discuss the potential move at an upcoming board meeting but has indicated clubs won’t […]
The first ball that Mitchell Marsh faces from Glenn Phillips is a full toss. It leaves the hand and seems to float in mid-air. It is not so much asking to be hit as begging, “Please sir, can I have some more?” More of the pummelling that Marsh has spent the last hour watching David […]
With only two rounds remaining of the 2023 F1 Season, just who is in the running for the World Championship? No no no. Not THE World Championship we all know was won and done by Max Verstappen the moment he put on his race suit for the first time in 2023. I’m talking about the […]
Aaron Ramsdale’s father has blasted Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta for not telling his son why he was dropped in favour of David Raya. England goalkeeper Ramsdale started in Arsenal’s first four Premier League games, but has been relegated to the bench following Raya’s arrival on loan from Brentford. Ramsdale’s father, Nick, told The Highbury Corner […]
