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Penrith coach Ivan Cleary has defended the curious decision to appoint a club captain five weeks into the NRL season. Tamou was appointed to the role on Tuesday after emerging …

St Kilda have appointed Peta Searle as their inaugural AFLW coach, ensuring the league will have at least one female senior coach next season. The Saints on Wednesday confirmed Searle …

Hugh Bowman has picked up the ride on star sprinter Santa Ana Lane for his international debut in Hong Kong. Bowman replaces the suspended Mark Zahra on the five-time Group …

Melbourne are set to add some steel to their defence, with Jordan Lewis and Neville Jetta cleared to play against St Kilda. The availability of the influential AFL defenders continues …

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg revealed his daughter’s friends’ decision to walk away from rugby league helped convince him to push through the controversial “no fault” stand-down rules. Greenberg was giving …

Port Adelaide recruit Scott Lycett reckons it will be weird playing against his former AFL club West Coast for the first time. And Lycett, a key member of the Eagles’ …

NSW Waratahs lock Rob Simmons has warned how lethal the Melbourne Rebels combination of Will Genia and Quade Cooper can be, as he prepares to face his old teammates in …

Coach John Morris is considering ways to manage Andrew Fifita’s workload in a depleted Cronulla pack for Thursday’s NRL clash with Penrith. Morris rates Fifita a “pretty good chance” of …

The NRL will wait for a submission from South Sydney before deciding whether Greg Inglis’s post-retirement role should be in the club’s salary cap. The Rabbitohs’ cap position has come …

Brisbane captain Darius Boyd is optimistic James Roberts will be fit to return for Sunday’s game at Canberra as speculation swirls around the centre’s NRL future. The man known as …

Emerging Carlton on-baller Sam Walsh has signed a two-year contract extension with the AFL club. Walsh, the No.1 draft pick last year, has made an instant impact in four AFL …

Brisbane coach Chris Fagan has backed his side to run with Collingwood’s Dayne Beams-bolstered midfield in their likely AFL sell-out clash at the Gabba. Limited tickets remain for Thursday’s game …

Wallabies star Israel Folau has requested a code of conduct hearing over his breach notice from Rugby Australia as his multi-million dollar contract hangs in the balance. Unless successful at …

Struggling Adelaide forward Josh Jenkins says he’s among a dozen Crows wondering if they’ll be axed amid the club’s horror start to the AFL season. Jenkins says it’s “fool’s gold” …

Leading Test rugby referee Nigel Owens has described Israel Folau’s religious views as narrow minded and potentially “very, very hurtful” to a lot of people. Owens, who is gay, said …

Penrith coach Ivan Cleary admits always wanting someone to emerge from the six-man leadership group he selected in the NRL pre-season. And after just five games, Cleary said James Tamou …

Champion jockey Glen Boss has indicated he wants to see out his riding days back where it all started in Queensland. Singapore-based Boss and retired jockey Brian York were the …

Trainer Tony McEvoy is hoping to end the clean sweep by Godolphin two-year-olds when he runs Vinco in a Group One race at Randwick. Godolphin has won three of the …