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The first hint Christian Petracca got that Friday night would be special came as he left the house. The Demons young gun was keen to get to the MCG early …

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin has lauded his team’s character after they dispelled their doubters with a 29-point AFL elimination final win over Geelong. The question asked of the Demons was …

Penrith are starting to feel the James Maloney effect take hold as they finalise preparations for Saturday afternoon’s elimination final against the Warriors. Maloney will run out for his eighth …

They may be battered, bruised and beaten, but the Bunnies are ready to bounce back in the NRL finals. South Sydney will be counting the cost – and in the …

Cameron Munster’s match-winning field goal against South Sydney wasn’t exactly a rehearsed Melbourne move. In fact, Storm skipper Cameron Smith said he’d had hardly ever seen Munster practice kicking field …

Coach Craig Bellamy believes earning a bye week in the NRL finals is a huge shot in the arm for Melbourne’s premiership aspirations. The Storm’s heart-stopping 29-28 qualifying final win …

Coach Michael Cheika has seen enough on the paddock to believe the Wallabies will bounce back from their latest Bledisloe Cup belting in Saturday night’s clash with the Springboks. Australia …

Collingwood can’t afford to put too much focus on star West Coast spearheads Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling in Saturday night’s qualifying final in Perth, according to Magpies assistant coach …

Former Manly forward Jason Lussick is expected to sit on the fence when he watches his sons face each other in Salford’s Super 8s Qualifiers clash with Toronto on Saturday. …

Reaching the NRL finals with Melbourne is one thing. Doing it with the Warriors is something else altogether. Just ask key off-season signings Adam Blair, Tohu Harris and Blake Green. …

Cronulla are drawing on the spirit of 2016 as they seek to catch fire during the NRL finals. The Sharks come into the post season as the undisputed dark horses …

Geelong coach Chris Scott admits the Cats have some flaws, but he’s not so sure the elimination final loss to Melbourne has ended an era of relative success. The seventh …

In their first finals appearance since 2006, Melbourne have ended Geelong’s AFL season with a gutsy 29-point elimination final win at the MCG. The Demons jumped the Cats early on …

SNAPSHOT OF THE MELBOURNE–GEELONG AFL ELIMINATION FINAL: * Result: Melbourne 10.15 (75) def Geelong 6.10 (46) at the MCG. * The lowdown: Melbourne burst out of the blocks and despite …

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy’s pre-match warning about Greg Inglis rang true with the South Sydney skipper doing his best to steer his team to an upset NRL qualifying final win …

Melbourne fans, was it worth the wait? After ending the league’s longest dry run without finals, the Demons put together an opening quarter to remember in their AFL elimination final …

A blistering first term from Melbourne has laid the platform for the Demons to march on in September and defeat Geelong by 29 points in their elimination final on Friday …

More than 20,000 Kimi Raikkonen fans have signed an online petition urging Ferrari to keep the Finnish Formula One driver for another year rather than replace him with rookie Charles …