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Darius Boyd has given his troublesome hamstring the all-clear but the Brisbane skipper admits he’ll be battling “mental demons” over the injury in the NRL season opener. Boyd missed the …

If Queensland Reds players were still on a high after celebrating a rare Super Rugby win, they were brought straight back to earth with a Brad Thorn-led weights session. So …

Flanker Tom Cusack says the Brumbies have the best scrum in Super Rugby’s Australian conference in the wake of a disappointing defeat to the Queensland Reds. The Brumbies were upset …

Melbourne’s star fullback Billy Slater is out of the Storm’s round one NRL clash with the Bulldogs due to a shoulder injury. The 34-year-old was set to play his 300th …

Port Adelaide recruit Tom Rockliff is likely to enter the AFL season without firing a pre-campaign shot. Rockliff, still battling knee soreness, is expected to miss Port’s final pre-season game …

Penrith utility Tyrone Peachey admits the club’s decision to prioritise their other off-contract players made the decision easy for him to move to Gold Coast next NRL season. The Titans …

Former Fremantle Dockers midfielder Matt de Boer has continued his AFL resurgence by making it into the Greater Western Sydney leadership group. De Boer, who was thrown a lifeline by …

Penrith’s Reagan Campbell-Gillard has labelled speculation of growing tension between club boss Phil Gould and head coach Anthony Griffin as “ludicrous”. The NRL season has yet to kick off but …

The absence of Ben Hunt has brought out the “bossier” side of Anthony Milford as he prepares to take the playmaking reins at Brisbane this season. St George Illawarra recruit …

Things have changed a bit since Stuart Dew helped Hawthorn to a flag 10 years ago. So much so that keeping up with societal trends, as well as football ones, …

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has declared he wants to keep his NRL starting spot at the Sydney Roosters after a pre-season dose of liposuction reinvigorated the tough forward. Waerea-Hargreaves underwent radical knee …

Adelaide coach Don Pyke is confident he’ll get another crack at an AFL grand final. But only if he and his players heed the harsh lessons from last year’s spectacular …

The Brisbane Broncos have attempted to draw a line under the Matt Lodge affair as he prepares to make his NRL comeback under extreme scrutiny. Lodge hasn’t played a first-grade …

James Tedesco is ready to live up to his NRL film-star status and fire against his former club, according to Sydney Roosters captain Boyd Cordner. Tedesco’s opening-round grudge match with …

Veteran forward Simon Mannering will miss the Warriors’ opening match of the NRL season against South Sydney in Perth. Mannering wasn’t on the plane out of Auckland on Monday, having …

Newcastle co-captain Jamie Buhrer has declared it’s time for the Knights players to repay the club’s coaching and back-room staff after the biggest recruitment drive in the club’s history. The …

Seabrook may have missed out on the chance to win the Blue Diamond Stakes but connections now have their sights on a bigger prize in Sydney. The Mick Price-trained filly …

An improved showing from Legend Of Condor with a change of tactics in the Skyline Stakes has him primed for a quick back-up to cement a Golden Slipper berth. The …