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Lance Franklin is doing his best to debunk the ‘never meet your heroes’ adage, thriving this AFL season under the guidance of Tony Lockett. Franklin is the league’s highest-profile player. …

Utility Ray Thompson is a chance of making a return before his end of season retirement after being named on an extended North Queensland bench for Sunday’s NRL elimination final …

Australian Rugby Union chairman Cameron Clyne has declined to express an opinion on billionaire Andrew Forrest’s touted plan for a rebel competition. But a “frustrated” Clyne questioned why RugbyWA didn’t …

KEY DATES AND EVENTS IN THE DECISION TO CULL THE FORCE FROM SUPER RUGBY: April 9 – SANZAAR confirms one Australian and two South African teams will be cut from …

Penrith fullback Dylan Edwards is in doubt for the NRL elimination final against Manly as he races the clock to recover from a knee injury. Edwards failed to train on …

A LOOK AT EACH COACH AHEAD OF THE NRL FINALS CRAIG BELLAMY (MELBOURNE) – Keeping runaway favourites Melbourne’s eyes on the prize won’t be a problem with the hard marking …

Western Force veteran Matt Hodgson is as tough as they get but even he couldn’t hold back the tears as he mourned the death of his beloved rugby team. Hodgson …

Essendon could give Cale Hooker an extra day or so to prove his fitness as three big AFL selection calls loom for the Bombers. All eyes will be on Hooker, …

World No.1 Karolina Pliskova needed just 46 minutes to defeat Jennifer Brady at Arthur Ashe Stadium and punch her ticket to the quarter-finals at the US Open. After facing a …

Cameron Smith’s record 356th NRL game will be one his Melbourne teammates will tell their grandkids about, Cooper Cronk says. But Cronk, Smith and Billy Slater together have also set …

Former Western Force star Cameron Shepherd says he’s embarrassed to be a Wallaby as anger swells at the Super Rugby club’s axing by the Australian Rugby Union. The Force lost …

Billionaire backer Andrew Forrest has vowed to launch a rebel rugby competition after the Western Force lost their Supreme Court appeal to stay in Super Rugby. The Force’s future in …

On the day Adam Blair was expected to be announced as the man to lead Brisbane into the NRL finals, the prop has been linked with a lucrative move to …

Manly insist they won’t be paying attention to the ongoing Matt Moylan situation at Penrith ahead of Saturday’s crunch elimination final clash between the two sides. But Sea Eagles star …

Jack Graham or Oleg Markov are likely to make way for Josh Caddy, who has declared he is fit for Richmond’s AFL qualifying final. Caddy is a certain recall for …

Adelaide fans risk playing into the hands of Toby Greene if they boo the fiery forward in Thursday night’s AFL finals opener. Adelaide Oval is renowned for the hostile reception …

Veteran prop Adam Blair says he’s put “lingering” contract talks on hold as he prepares to lead Brisbane into the NRL finals. Blair is expected to take over the captaincy …

Billionaire backer Andrew Forrest has vowed to launch a rebel rugby competition after the Western Force lost their Supreme Court appeal to stay in Super Rugby. The Force’s future in …