Arsenal might have done well to give the rugby a break and focus on the football ahead of the second leg, round or 16 game with Monaco last night.
The Gunners won 2-0 on the night but were still dumped out of the Champions League on aggregate thanks to the 3 away goals scored by the Ligue 1 outfit a fortnight previously.
And, just a thought, perhaps it's because they were too worried about their rugger skills in the build-up to the clash.
Earlier this week we brought you footage of Wojciech Szczesny and Per Mertesacker practising their lineouts.
And front man Olivier Giroud looks to have gotten in on the act too, with a clip of the Frenchman showing impressive technique in a spot of rugby ball keepy-uppies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grl9Q5TJrbw
