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The encouraging news for Geelong is that they have a host of tall defenders in good form heading into the AFL season. The difficult part is how many of them …

Peter Beattie has told the NRL’s sponsors and fans that the league’s no-fault policy will work, despite the game’s season launch being overshadowed by drama. The NRL launched their season …

GWS ace Adam Tomlinson is over a pre-season calf injury and ready to be the Giants’ ‘Mr Fix It’ again this AFL season. One of 11 players left at the …

Coach Conor O’Shea has picked an Italy team that he believes is capable of causing the greatest upset in Six Nations history. The Azzurri have lost their last 20 matches …

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has dropped captain Greig Laidlaw to the bench for their Six Nations clash with Wales but restored Finn Russell in the flyhalf position after he recovered …

Ben Te’o has been recalled to partner Manu Tuilagi in the centres for England’s Six Nations rugby match against Italy on Saturday at Twickenham. Former NRL star Te’o was set …

Recruits Luke Dahlhaus and Gary Rohan lit up the Geelong attack as the impressive Cats downed Essendon by 28 points in the JLT Series match at GMHBA Stadium on Thursday …

Tim Walsh has pulled a rocket out of his hat as Australia’s men’s rugby sevens side aim to draw nearer to direct Olympic qualification this weekend in Canada. Australia sit …

Fremantle have lost in-form forward Kellie Gibson with concussion for their must-win AFLW away match against Geelong. Ashlee Atkins will take the place of Gibson who had kicked three goals …

Peter Beattie admits his job is on the line over his cultural and behavioural crusade but remains undeterred despite Thursday’s setback in the Federal Court. After a train wreck of …

Collingwood and Hawthorn have loaded up with key players for the second round of AFL pre-season matches. The Magpies named five of their grand final team for Monday’s match against …

NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg is adamant the league will have its no-fault stand-down policy enacted by the start of the season when its legal battle with Jack de Belin …

Penrith have come out swinging in defence of their culture amid the NRL sex tape scandal which has resulted in Tyrone May being stood down. Just 10 days out from …

West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui is tracking so well that he could return by round eight, while forward Jamie Cripps is making a late bid to be fit for the …

Durable GWS star Callan Ward will sit out his first AFL game since 2014 as he recovers from a knee injury. The ace midfielder has been ruled out of the …

Israel Folau’s hunch has been borne out with a shift to the wing as the NSW Waratahs shoehorn their star Wallabies backs into the starting team to face the Queensland …

Canberra’s inaugural 1989 premiership squad is inspiring the current crop of Raiders as they aim to return to the NRL finals. Thirty years after the Raiders prevailed in one of …

Daria Gavrilova’s drought is over, with the struggling Australian tennis star finally winning her first match of the year. A day after celebrating her 25th birthday, Gavrilova battled past Ukrainian …