A nasty leak has dropped from New South Wales camp on the eve of Origin 2.
It’s reported Laurie Daley’s pregame speeches have been uninspiring, which some fear has contributed to the lopsided first halves in the past three matches.
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Marcelo Bielsa refused to do any acting during the official World Cup photoshoot.
The Uruguayan 🇺🇾 coach has repeatedly denounced the tournament in the United States, criticizing its commercial and political excesses.
The “Frankensteining” of football will almost be complete when “Hydration Breaks” become a permanent fixture in professional leagues worldwide.
FIFA is just smart enough to introduce it under the atmosphere of a World Cup party-style element to condition the fans.
“It feels wrong for a game to be interrupted like that.”
@ChrisWittyngham, Nigel Reo-Coker and @marcelobalboa17 discuss whether hydration breaks are changing the rhythm of World Cup matches 💧
Scotland’s Andy Robertson has found a hack to beat FIFA’s new throw-in countdown:
Get your team-mates in position before you pick the ball up, which starts the referee’s countdown.
Very smart 👏 👏 👏
#Robertson#HAISCO#Scotland
All I’m gonna say is we are going to see players intentionally dropping lower into contact more and more.
Especially in important parts of the game / with minutes to go.
It’s been a long time since the Wests Tigers have had a decent pool of goalkicking talent.
Not having to just hope they might get 1 or 2 try conversions, takes a little of the edge off of the weekly stress of figuring out how this will lead to a loss.
“There was an opportunity for the AFL to embrace our national team.” 😮
The AFL slammed over matches clashing with the Socceroos' World Cup opener.
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And taking the piss out of Nestory Irankunda.
All this US media talk is tiresome, but next week’s Seattle showdown between the USMNT and Socceroos should be fun 😊