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The AFL’s grand final combatants will go in unchanged from their preliminary final victories. West Coast have dismissed concerns over crucial defender Jeremy McGovern, who suffered a corked hip in …

The Black Eyed Peas were missing rapper will.i.am at the MCG, so they unveiled new recruit gill.i.am. Better known as AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan, this most unlikely rapper was …

It might not be long before Reece Hodge and Quade Cooper are sharing more than just a golf buggy, with the exiled Queensland five-eighth progressing in talks to join the …

Saturday’s AFL grand final could provide the definitive answer to a long-debated AFL question: who won the Chris Judd trade? The 2007 deal that sent Judd to Carlton and handed …

Just two things allude Melbourne captain Cameron Smith from completing rugby league’s royal flush. And both of them can be completed in Sunday’s NRL grand final against the Sydney Roosters. …

This much we know: Cooper Cronk is hoping for a Hail Mary. Whether or not his prayers – and that of the entire Sydney Roosters fanbase – get answered and …

Sydney Roosters halfback Cooper Cronk continues to insist he is a chance to line up in Sunday’s NRL grand final. Cronk is considered long odds to face his former side …

When West Coast veteran Mark LeCras is doing it tough, the memory of the club’s 2006 premiership helps push him through the pain barrier. LeCras was just 20 years old …

Sonny Bill Williams returns from three months on the sideline when the All Blacks seek a winning return to the Rugby Championship against Argentina in Buenos Aires. Coach Steve Hansen …

West Coast need look no further back than their last visit to the MCG to know that Brodie Grundy can be contained in Saturday’s AFL grand final. But Collingwood are …

Is this the grand final that decides the best club of the NRL era? Already, it’s the decider between the two best teams of the season. The clash of the …

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has defended grand final ticket allocation, saying every effort is being made for fans of the two competing clubs. The controversial issue is in the …

KEY MATCH-UPS FOR NRL GRAND FINAL BETWEEN THE SYDNEY ROOSTERS AND MELBOURNE Fullback – JAMES TEDESCO (Roosters) v BILLY SLATER (Melbourne) There’s not much Tedesco hasn’t done in his stellar …

Manly have failed in their attempt to be cleared of salary cap cheating after being knocked back by the NRL appeals committee. The NRL’s punishment against the Sea Eagles will …

BRODIE GRUNDY v SCOTT LYCETT/NATHAN VARDY When Nic Naitanui went down with his knee reconstruction in the round-17 win over Collingwood, it could have been a nail in the Eagles’ …

A year ago, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was on the verge of a switch to rugby union. Now he’s held up as the man to have restored dignity to the Warriors and …

West Coast midfielder Andrew Gaff is doing it tough, but admits he’s only got himself to blame for missing out on Saturday’s grand final against Collingwood. Gaff’s flag dreams were …

MOIR STAKES $500,000, Group One, 1000m, weight-for-age at Moonee Valley HISTORY First run in 1976 over 1000 metres when it was won by Scamanda. Upgraded to Group One in 2013. …