The opening State of Origin shots have been fired, with Queensland coach Kevin Walters declaring “war” on NSW by boldly claiming his new-look Maroons will win next week’s series opener …
Speculation that Cameron Smith will make a State of Origin comeback won’t go away after Queensland coach Kevin Walters made a curious squad announcement on Monday. A fired up Walters …
Gary Ablett has copped a one-game AFL suspension for striking Gold Coast opponent Anthony Miles behind the play. The Geelong champion caught Miles square in the jaw with a right-arm …
Sydney Roosters enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves will contest a two-match ban for a shot on Kalyn Ponga at the NRL judiciary. The Roosters on Monday announced the Kiwi prop would challenge …
THE STATUS OF AFL COACHES * ADELAIDE: Don Pyke Fourth season. Contracted until end of 2021 season Signed a three-year extension in January last year after losing the 2017 grand …
Has Brad Scott triggered a massive domino effect among AFL coaches? Scott’s departure as North Melbourne coach comes just 10 rounds into a season, some 18 months before his contract …
Boos once echoed around Suncorp Stadium when polarising playmaker Daly Cherry-Evans ran on to the Maroons’ hallowed turf. But coach Kevin Walters says Queensland’s faithful will finally embrace the halfback …
Sydney coach John Longmire has given short shrift to suggestions he could replace Brad Scott at North Melbourne, pointing to a contract that runs until the end of the 2020 …
NSW are confident back-rower Tyson Frizell will recover from a sickening head knock and take his place for next week’s State of Origin opener. Frizell joined his Blues teammates in …
Retired great Greg Inglis may be gone but he has not been forgotten by his beloved Maroons. Coach Kevin Walters says Queensland will be playing for Inglis in the 2019 …
For much of the last three months Nathan Cleary has been waging a war on self doubt inside his own mind. Back in NSW State of Origin camp in Bondi …
It’s a phone call an NRL player never forgets. And David Fifita will no doubt always remember when Kevin Walters rang to tell him he’d been picked to make his …
Collingwood’s luckless Daniel Wells has opted against knee surgery in a bid to save his AFL career. Wells will miss the next three months but has chosen not to undergo …
A Renault team error has cost a frustrated Daniel Ricciardo a shot at a podium finish at the Monaco Grand Prix won by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Ricciardo finished 10th, later …
Sergio Perez has expressed his relief after narrowly avoiding two marshals who ran across the track ahead of him during a safety car period in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. The …
When NSW State of Origin wunderkind Payne Haas saw his name and face plastered over the news for all the wrong reasons, he knew something had to change. At just …
Samantha Stosur is staying in the moment as she returns to her natural environment and entertains another deep French Open run. The 35-year-old generally struggles in Australian conditions but she …
Queensland coach Kevin Walters has named teenager David Fifita among three debutants in a new-look Maroons squad for the State of Origin series opener against NSW. Fifita, 19, and fellow …





















