The Rudes Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Stefan Vukić's — 8.38
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.38, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rudes turn down HNK Rijeka for Jurica Poldrugač
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Josip Bralić puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Rudes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Noa Mikić due for a Rudes medical
Everything agreed with Dinamo Zagreb, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Rudes
Dominik Mulac and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match8 Aug 2026
Stefan Vukić the difference as Rudes beat Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Stefan Vukić. 2‑1 against Hrvatski Dragovoljac, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Ante Sušak
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rudes promote Ivan Barisic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Barisic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hrvoje Simunovic steps up from the Rudes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hrvoje Simunovic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Felipe Curcio makes it 200
- The dugout Bruno Unušić gets it from the manager
- The dugout The manager’s verdict