Give Branch the money!

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.