Sam Cane has been named captain of the All Blacks in a surprise announcement from new coach Ian Foster. Chiefs flanker Cane, 28, will replace Kieran Read, who retired from …
Melbourne’s return to NRL training is in disarray after Albury council voted that the club can not use the border town’s sporting facilities. The local council held an extraordinary meeting …
Tennis champions Ashleigh Barty and Pat Rafter have thrilled frontline health workers at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with a surprise visit to a COVID-19 ward. Barty, whose sister …
Nine Entertainment chief executive Hugh Marks has fired another salvo at the NRL, saying it’s not a given the league is a part of the network’s future. Marks’ comments come …
NRL players will resume group training on Wednesday after officially agreeing to an 80 per cent pay cut for the rest of the season. Teams are limited to training in …
Supercars CEO Sean Seamer has dismissed a report that claimed Network Ten will walk away as free-to-air broadcaster as “pure speculation”. Seamer has thrown his support behind Peter Wiggs despite …
The powerful Godolphin stable has signalled its intentions to target the Group One Stradbroke Handicap with nine nominations for Brisbane’s premier sprint. The Stradbroke Handicap and J J Atkins on …
Trainer Danny O’Brien is confident Order Of Command is in the right form and will get the right conditions to give the Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool a shake. The trainer …
Favourite Dalasan will have 13 opponents in his bid to win the Group One South Australian Derby at Morphettville. Locally trained by Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas, the colt has …
After serving a two-year Mormon mission, ex-Melbourne flyer Young Tonumaipea has earned a Gold Coast Titans train-and-trial deal for the rest of the NRL season. The 27-year-old Tonumaipea played 44 …
As NRL clubs sweat on a new broadcast deal for the game, Brisbane boss Paul White has warned they will have to “live with less” in future to win the …
Fremantle president Dale Alcock fears his club will be at a disadvantage when the AFL season resumes because of Western Australia’s border restrictions. Under a plan being considered by the …
Newcastle skipper Mitchell Pearce says a big challenge for NRL clubs will be managing the wellbeing of players and adapting to preparation curve balls as the game navigates a season …
Former Wallabies hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau has ended his stint with English club Leicester prematurely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Polota-Nau hasn’t revealed his plans after being named on a list …
Canterbury winger Marcelo Montoya is set to become the first NRL player forced to move away from home due to the league’s strict biosecurity measures. Nine newspapers have reported the …
Wests Tigers veteran Chris Lawrence is taking no risks with social distancing as the resumption of the NRL season draws closer. Lawrence, along with another 799 NRL players and club …
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck would love to bottle the enthusiasm his Warriors have shown on day one of training in quarantine in Tamworth. But he knows that will be a tall order. …
Geelong coach Chris Scott says the perfect preparation for the 2020 premiership season doesn’t exist as AFL clubs scramble to get their players ready to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown. …
