Arsenal are sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League table, but that won't stop them from having fun at training.
A video posted by their media team shows Arsene Wenger, Olivier Giroud and others attempting to replicate their countrymen's skills on the rugby field.
Ahead of Saturday's World Cup final, Arsenal coaches thought it might be a good way to improvise with training a little and introduced some drills that included the oval ball. It is evident, however, that Richie McCaw and Dan Carter's status in the game won't be threatened by any of the Arsenal squad based on some of the throwing and kicking techniques on display.
Ahead of the World Cup final, the boys tried a bit of rugby today... with mixed results!
Posted by Arsenal on Friday, October 30, 2015
The new training regime that includes an oval shaped ball seems to be working as they trounced Swansea 3-0 on Saturday at the Liberty Stadium, breaking the bad run of form that they'd been experiencing in that fixture over the last while.
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