Richmond premiership backman David Astbury has convinced coach Damien Hardwick of his fitness for Friday night’s preliminary final despite illness. Astbury was sent home from training on Thursday and effectively …
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has turned to Angus Cottrell to help combat a sudden shortage of backrowers for their Rugby Championship tour of South Africa and Argentina. Melbourne Rebels flanker …
South Sydney star Sam Burgess has hired celebrity lawyer Chris Murphy to pursue defamation actions after being cleared of any wrongdoing over the lewd photo scandal. The Rabbitohs on Friday …
Melbourne wingman Dom Tyson feels for hard-luck omission Bayley Fritsch and concedes he was nervous ahead of selection for Saturday’s AFL preliminary final against West Coast. The Demons were greeted …
In a year in which he has ticked off the Epsom Derby with Masar, UK-based trainer Charlie Appleby is striving to claim a Melbourne Cup for Godolphin. Appleby arrived in …
Trainer Mike Moroney has Caulfield Cup ambitions for Vengeur Masque but fears the stayer may fail to make the final field. A poor draw in Saturday’s Naturalism Stakes at Caulfield …
What he lacks in size, Tarka more than makes up for in ability. The colt is now trainer David Payne’s sole chance to claim back-to-back wins in the G1 Victoria …
Spare a thought for Jack Watts this weekend. Watts slogged through nine AFL seasons with Melbourne after the 2008 draft then was traded by the club after they missed the …
West Coast coach Adam Simpson insists it will be more than just chaos versus control when his team lines up against the free-wheeling Melbourne in Saturday’s preliminary final at Optus …
South Sydney have dialled up the pressure on the Sydney Roosters as their arch-rivals attempt to brush aside a recent lacklustre record in NRL grand final qualifiers. Coach Anthony Seibold …
The All Blacks will be without a rested captain Kieran Read for their Rugby Championship Test against Argentina next week in Buenos Aires. Coach Steve Hansen said the 32-year-old needed …
South Sydney star Sam Burgess has been cleared of any wrongdoing over the lewd photo scandal after the NRL club completed its investigations on Friday. The club said no player …
KEY MATCH-UPS IN SATURDAY’S AFL PRELIMINARY FINAL: * Josh Kennedy (West Coast) v Oscar McDonald (Melbourne) If the Demons have an obvious weakness, this could be it. McDonald has had …
Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson says “it’s sad” the club has been accused of being involved in the sexting scandal surrounding South Sydney and star Sam Burgess. The Rabbitohs are …
Andrew Fifita has emerged as a shock Tonga captaincy contender after skipper Sika Manu was ruled out of next month’s historic rugby league Test against Australia with a knee injury. …
Richmond backman David Astbury is battling illness ahead of Friday night’s AFL preliminary final against Collingwood with the Tigers to make a late call on whether he plays. Astbury was …
Newcastle have successfully head-hunted respected administrator Brian Canavan from the NRL. Canavan will return to club land as the Knights’ director of football, replacing the outgoing Darren Mooney, who has …
Captain Sika Manu has been ruled out of Tonga’s historic rugby league Test against Australia after suffering a season-ending knee injury. He received the injury in Hull FC’s UK Super …
