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PREVIEW OF NRL WEEK ONE FINALS MATCHES (all times AEST): FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Sydney Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs at Sydney Cricket Ground, 7.50pm Head to Head: Rabbitohs 126, Roosters …

Blake Ferguson has declared Maika Sivo the best winger in the game as the Parramatta flyer prepares for his biggest match yet in the NRL. Just four years after being …

The Cattery was a nightmare but the MCG will feel somewhat like home when West Coast players step out for Friday’s semi-final against Geelong. The Cats’ bid to have the …

The sweeping off-field changes continue at North Melbourne, with the AFL club’s veteran chief executive Carl Dilena about to leave. Dilena’s departure at the end of next month means three …

Geelong head to the MCG for a pivotal clash with West Coast desperate to avoid becoming the first AFL minor premier in 36 years to bow out of the finals …

Mitchell Moses is a more prepared man than in his 2017 finals jaunt with the Parramatta halfback now ready to shoulder a young team into September. Now in his sixth …

Todd Goldstein has reaped a rich reward from his seller’s market, securing a new three-year AFL deal with North Melbourne at the age of 31. Geelong, desperate for an established …

Melbourne pack leader Jesse Bromwich is making it his mission in Saturday’s NRL qualifying final to get on top of Canberra wrecking ball Josh Papalii. The New Zealand-born Queenslander scored …

Former England captain Dylan Hartley blamed artificial pitches for a knee injury that cost him a place in the Rugby World Cup squad and called them unsuitable for the professional …

Defender David Astbury says Richmond aren’t changing their preparations for their AFL preliminary final despite last year’s shock early exit. The 2018 minor premiers were surprisingly dumped out of the …

Don Pyke has quit as coach of AFL club Adelaide. Pyke, who coached Adelaide for four seasons, made the shock announcement on Thursday. “It is clear to me it is …

Canberra enforcer Josh Papalii says the club is better positioned to end their premiership drought than their last NRL finals run in 2016. Ask any of the Raiders senior players …

West Coast skipper Shannon Hurn says the AFL premiers learned some valuable lessons from their heavy loss to Geelong earlier this year and he’s optimistic they can turn the tables …

South Sydney prop George Burgess will return from a nine-week suspension for Friday’s NRL final against the Sydney Roosters. Burgess had been named on an extended bench in the No.18 …

A GLANCE AT MEMORABLE GEELONG V WEST COAST FINALS * 1992 grand final: West Coast 16.17 (113) bt Geelong 12.13 (85) A fast-starting Geelong boot five goals to two in …

With their young guns sparking an NRL season resurgence, Corey Oates says it’s time for Brisbane’s veterans to get the job done in Sunday’s elimination final against Parramatta. Teenage forwards …

One master of the AFL’s dark art of tagging got there by nagging. Another got there by denying his natural instincts. And common threads tie the journey of GWS’s Matt …

North Melbourne ruckman Todd Goldstein has shunned interest from Geelong to re-sign with the Kangaroos, in a huge coup for the AFL club. The table-topping Cats chased hard after Goldstein …