For much of Sydney defender Nick Smith’s 12-year AFL career, his name was put on the magnet board next to the opposition’s most dangerous small forward without hesitation by coaches …
They’re widely considered the two best hookers in the NRL and Melbourne’s Cameron Smith and Canberra’s Josh Hodgson will battle it out in a top-four blockbuster on Saturday. They’re comfortably …
Successive matches against top four NRL sides sounds the stuff of nightmares for many players but Melbourne workhorse Dale Finucane says bring it on. The ladder leaders host third-placed Canberra …
PREVIEW OF NRL ROUND 22 MATCHES (all times AEST): THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 Manly v Wests Tigers at Lottoland, 7.50pm Head to head: Sea Eagles 15, Wests Tigers 13, drawn 1 …
It has been a long time coming but Brisbane livewire James Segeyaro reckons his 150th NRL game will be worth the wait. Despite taking eight years for his milestone match …
Michael Maguire has warned against the NRL’s late-hit edict going too far, after losing Wests Tigers forward Luke Garner to the controversial rule. The NRL’s crackdown survived its first challenge …
It is the junior grand final moment between two rival clubs that formed a career-changing bond between the latest pair of NRL rookies unearthed at Penrith. A brawl had erupted …
Is Saturday’s blockbuster top-of-the-table clash a battle of the AFL’s irrepressible force against the immovable object? Geelong coach Chris Scott believes the battle inside his side’s defensive 50 could be …
Rookie AFL coach Rhyce Shaw is sharing the blame for North Melbourne’s dismal loss to Geelong, saying he made as many mistakes as his players did. Shaw endured the toughest …
Stop it, or cop it. That’s the message Manly coach Des Hasler has for today’s NRL stars as debate re-ignites over the banning of Mad Monday celebrations. Hasler’s comments come …
Geelong coach Chris Scott has backed the right of the AFL to schedule his side’s home finals at the MCG and not at GMHBA Stadium. But Scott has suggested it …
South Sydney supremo Nick Pappas has hailed John Sutton as the Rabbitohs’ ultimate clubman after he closed the curtain on his 16-year NRL career. Sutton confirmed on Wednesday he would …
Graham “Polly” Farmer, widely regarded as Australian rules football’s greatest-ever ruckman, has died aged 84. Farmer, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease more than 20 years ago, passed away in …
Milestone man Michael Walters would love Hayden Ballantyne to play on next season, but first he wants to send out retiring ruckman Aaron Sandilands with a bang. Emotions are set …
A serious hamstring injury which required three rounds of surgery has forced highly-regarded Sydney defender Nick Smith into AFL retirement. The 2014 All Australian tore the hamstring tendon off the …
As one of the few Wallabies who knows what it’s like to win at Auckland’s Eden Park, former captain Andrew Slack wants coach Michael Cheika and his selectors to resist …
Kodi Nikorima will be a back-up hooker option at best when the Warriors’ NRL season goes on the line against the Sydney Roosters, continuing the giddy rise of playmaker Chanel …
Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire rates Robbie Farah a “fair chance” of overcoming the odds and playing at least one more NRL game for his beloved club. Farah will miss …
