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Give Branch the money!

Monday, January 22, 2024 | 50 Views |

He is a Ross among thorns! Ross Branch has gate-crashed the ugly football party and brought with him a refreshing feel, which has been absent due to the wrangling within the country's most followed sport.

Ross has been the perfect Branch off from what has been the unrelenting daily dose of the tragic comedy at Lekidi Football Centre.

While football authorities were at each other's throat, thousands of kilometres in the barren lands of Saudi Arabia, Branch was leaving positive marks on the desert. Branch finished second overall in the Dakar Rally after romping to two stage wins and delivered a first podium finish since his debut in 2019. All of sudden the gloom mood was lifted and the topic swiftly turned to Branch's heroics.

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