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Ex-Melbourne Rebels backrower Amanaki Mafi has been called into Japan’s extended Rugby World Cup training squad despite facing an assault charge from his time at the Super Rugby club. The …

Darren Lockyer says falling out with Wayne Bennett was inevitable after the coach’s volatile Brisbane exit last year. The retired Broncos NRL great was part of the club’s six-strong board …

All Blacks captain Kieran Read is not expected to make his first appearance in Super Rugby for the Crusaders for another three weeks, the team said on Monday. Read and …

North Queensland premiership-winning coach Paul Green has slammed the NRL’s heavy punishment on veteran backrower Scott Bolton. Green echoed the thoughts of Cowboys chairman Laurence Lancini by saying a 10-game …

Wallabies hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau will bolster the Waratahs front row stocks and stiffen their scrum for Saturday’s Super Rugby examination by the Reds, after signing a short-term loan deal. The …

Stuart Dew’s AFL overhaul on the Gold Coast has empowered him and his squad to do more than “tread water and float” again in 2019. The Suns have made 25 …

The Warriors have ensured they’ll keep Issac Luke for the entirety of the NRL season after getting the hooker to agree to a modified contract. Chief executive Cameron George offered …

Penrith winger Josh Mansour admits players are embarrassed by the game’s ongoing video scandals and that some would be distracted and concerned before the start of the NRL season. Panthers …

Australia’s latest rugby sevens assignment has ended in disappointment with back-to-back losses leaving them to languish seventh equal in the latest round of the world series in Las Vegas. After …

Scott Drinkwater will undergo surgery, ending his hopes of starting the NRL season in Billy Slater’s vacant Melbourne Storm fullback jersey. The 21-year-old was in the box seat before rupturing …

Fuelled by the agony of grand final despair and boasting their deepest list in recent memory, Collingwood are determined to scale the AFL summit. The question is whether the Magpies …

Canterbury coach Dean Pay scoffs at suggestions injury-plagued NRL playmaker Kieran Foran is well past his best. And he says there’s no reason why the former NRL premiership winner’s best …

Since being appointed Sydney Roosters coach in 2013, Trent Robinson has guided the club to one of its most successful eras in what’s an already illustrious history. Two NRL premierships, …

Australian women’s rugby captain Liz Patu is facing accusations of biting an opponent during a Super W match and will learn her fate at a disciplinary hearing on Monday evening.. …

Marina Go will resign as Wests Tigers chair and Simon Cook will take over as interim chief executive until Justin Pascoe returns in June, the club announced on Monday. The …

Parramatta have upgraded rookie five-eighth Dylan Brown to the club’s top squad to ensure he can make his NRL debut in round one against Penrith. Brown’s meteoric rise is highlighted …

The final field for Queensland’s third richest two-year-old race, the Aquis Jewel, is taking shape after major lead-up events. Brisbane Prelude winner The Odyssey and Bowen Prelude victor Lady Yendor …

Redkirk Warrior is poised to chase an historic third Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. After becoming the first horse in a century to win the Newmarket first-up from a spell two …