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Jordan De Goey has done his AFL penance and when Ben Reid returns, it will be in defence. But coach Nathan Buckley would not confirm if two of Collingwood’s best …

Geelong will look to better protect skipper Joel Selwood after a hard tag from Levi Greenwood caused his frustrations to boil over. Greenwood was all over Selwood during the Magpies’ …

Will Hopoate will again ask to be allowed to put his faith before footy and request a no-Sundays clause in his next NRL deal. Hopoate also revealed he was yet …

He rose from his hospital bed to pen the Kangaroos’ new ode, and now Sam Thaiday is hoping the team rise even further and recall the unity dance. Ahead of …

Don Pyke’s barnstorming Adelaide Crows are bucking the AFL system. They’re unbeaten. Kicking 20 goals a game. Averaging a whopping 132 points. And all that without a top 10 draft …

No wins and two podiums from three rounds. It’s not exactly the Supercars season start six-time series champion Jamie Whincup had planned. But Ford star Scott McLaughlin has dismissed the …

Courtenay Dempsey’s depression is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to post-AFL career mental illness, advocates say. Dempsey’s 133-game AFL career ended after being delisted by Essendon last …

Cam Clark doesn’t mind playing fullback, wing or even being deployed as a decoy fall guy – so long as he’s in the NSW Waratahs starting side. In an otherwise …

Melbourne spearhead Jesse Hogan is in “good spirits” but no guarantee to play against Hawthorn following the death of his father. The 22-year-old has returned to training, a week after …

Frustrated Melbourne Rebels back Tom English says it’s time for the Australian Rugby Union to “rip the band aid off” and make a decision on the future of his Super …

Jarrod Mullen’s NRL career is all but over after he was suspended for four years for doping offences. The governing body on Wednesday rubbed out the former Newcastle and one-time …

Departing Melbourne star Cooper Cronk believes understudy Brodie Croft is ahead in his development than he was at the same stage of his NRL career. In a game that marks …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has laughed off several reports doing the rounds this week regarding Dockers star Nat Fyfe as “fake news”. The latest speculation surrounding the 2015 Brownlow medallist …

Adelaide coach Don Pyke has dismissed any doubt over star midfielder Rory Sloane playing against North Melbourne this weekend. Sloane copped a corked thigh and star forward Eddie Betts was …

Johnathan Thurston’s representative farewell tour is set to kick off with Australia’s rugby league Test in Canberra on Friday night, teammate Cooper Cronk has declared. Thurston is all but certain …

Anthony Mundine has made his most audacious claim yet, saying he could become the oldest rugby league player in premiership history. The boxer and former St George Illawarra and NSW …

Midfielder Isaac Smith has entered unfamiliar territory in his AFL career as Hawthorn deal with a succession of heavy losses. But he knows enough to realise if catastrophic change is …

Veteran Simon Mannering admits New Zealand have been overawed by Mal Meninga and his all-conquering Australian team. Not this time. Friday’s Test between the Kiwis and Kangaroos is shaping as …