If you have been following Arsenal’s recent journey through the Champions League, you cannot ignore the electrifying presence of Gabriel Jesus. In a pulsating encounter against Sevilla, the Brazilian forward demonstrated once again why he is a standout figure on the football field. But beyond his impressive statistics, it is essential to dig deeper into […]
England’s style of play was not up to a World Cup semifinal – but we’ve still had a week of blaming the officials for their exit
“Thank God that’s over” was the first thought many had after the South Africa-England semifinal. It was a dreary, tedious spectacle, in my opinion – and if this is the pinnacle of world rugby, then the game is in trouble. What is worse, the English fans and scribes thought it was brilliant. They still do. […]
‘Bloody handy!’- Nine All Blacks and six Springboks in World Cup final combined XV
So it comes to this – rugby’s greatest rivals facing off to see which of them will become the first nation to win the World Cup for a fourth time. The coaches have named their teams for the clash on Saturday night (Sunday morning 6am AEDT) at Stade de France and The Roar’s experts have […]
Healy’s WBBL officially over after dog bite, India tour in jeopardy
Alyssa Healy will miss the rest of the Women’s Big Bash League and is in a race against the clock to tour India after a dog bite badly injured one of her fingers. Healy visited surgeons for a second time late this week after the gruesome incident on Saturday night, in which she suffered a […]
‘There’s never a winner, just the next battle’: The intense 102-year old rivalry that ‘neutrals can’t quite comprehend’
It all began on the 13th August 1921. New Zealand versus South Africa may not be rugby’s oldest rivalry, but incorporating the two nations who take rugby more seriously than anyone else, it is indisputably the game’s greatest. And the fitting stage for the next battle between them is Stade de France in Sunday’s (AEDT) […]