How to fracture the best defence in world rugby? It’s a question the Wallabies have been asking themselves all week in Tokyo as they fine-tune for Sunday’s pool match against …
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan is confident that the AFL Review Centre (ARC) will stand up to the heat of the grand final but concedes human error will always be …
Australia are confident they’ve found the winning formula for their women’s Twenty20 World Cup defence with preparations set to ramp up this weekend. The Aussies will begin their home summer …
Nat Fyfe’s insatiable curiosity and scepticism used to drive his teachers up the wall but it was a bad attitude that threatened to cruel his AFL dream before it even …
Selfless GWS vice-captain and midfielder Stephen Coniglio has ruled himself out of playing in Saturday’s AFL grand final against Richmond at the MCG. Coniglio, who has missed nine games with …
Canberra’s NRL pack are living proof that bigger isn’t always better. Once one of the biggest packs in the competition, the mobile Raiders’ middle that faces South Sydney on Friday …
A trio of Tigers are among the annual hard-luck stories at this year’s AFL grand final, but they won’t be far from their teammates’ thoughts. Star defender Alex Rance, tough …
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says he doesn’t believe the Magpies will struggle to keep in-demand forward Jamie Elliott. The 27-year-old is a free agent and has been heavily linked to …
Speedy defender Adam Kennedy has overcome plenty of challenges on the GWS Giants’ eight-season journey into their first AFL grand final on Saturday. Kennedy tallied a team-high 28 touches when …
Melbourne’s playmakers went to a new level against Parramatta but say taking on the NRL’s best halves combination at the Sydney Roosters is a huge step up. The Roosters boast …
Melbourne playmaker Cameron Munster has vowed to deal with the high pressure stakes of Saturday’s NRL preliminary final against Sydney Roosters better than he did in last year’s grand final …
Josh Jenkins is set to depart Adelaide after the Crows and the key forward agreed to explore a move in the AFL trade period. Jenkins fell out of favour this …
Latrell Mitchell and Joseph Manu have been pushing each other to improve for more than half a decade with the duo a big part of the reason Sydney Roosters are …
Resilience. It’s the word that crops up more frequently than any other when the GWS Giants reflect on their short history heading into the club’s first AFL grand final. The …
“Every one of them.” That’s Canberra co-captain Jarrod Croker’s response when asked if he’d trade his impressive individual records for an elusive NRL premiership. Croker is the Raiders’ all-time leading …
WAYNE BENNETT’S PLACE IN COACHING HISTORY COACHES WHO HAVE GUIDED THREE DIFFERENT CLUBS TO ARL/NRL GRAND FINALS Wayne Bennett: *Canberra 1987; Brisbane 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2015; St …
Port Adelaide ruckman Paddy Ryder has requested an AFL trade to St Kilda. The 2017 All Australian ruckman had been linked with a return to Essendon but has settled on …
He claims not to be driven by records but, even at almost 70, NRL super-coach Wayne Bennett is still setting some that may never be broken. If Bennett can plot …




















