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Queensland Reds lock Rob Simmons admits he has a point to prove after falling in and out of favour with Wallabies coach Michael Cheika last year. Dumped from the Reds’ …

Former NRL winger Justin Carney is facing a ban of up to three matches after being charged with making contact with a referee during Salford’s Super League win over Huddersfield. …

Samoan international Tim Nanai-Williams has revealed he was close to linking with cousin Sonny Bill Williams at the Blues before deciding to return for another Super Rugby season at the …

Lasqueti Spirit didnt trouble Winx or Hartnell last time they met and her trainer Lee Curtis doesn’t expect her to give them too much grief in the 2017 Chipping Norton …

Connections of two-year-old Sheer Madness are playing a waiting game to see whether the gelding gains a start in the $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes. The John Salanitri-trained Sheer Madness …

Melbourne will have three debutants in their starting line-up but no star recruit Marika Koroibete as they open the Super Rugby season against a depleted Blues on Thursday night. Jackson …

A concussion concern over five-eighth Bernard Foley is the main fitness worry for NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson, as he prepares to thrust Super Rugby rookie Irae Simone into Saturday’s …

Queensland Reds lock Rob Simmons admits he has a point to prove after falling in and out of favour with Wallabies coach Michael Cheika last year. Dumped from the Reds’ …

The Melbourne Rebels are set to throw rookie Jack Maddocks into the Super Rugby cauldron in Thursday night’s season-opening clash with an under-strength Blues at AAMI Park. With their team …

Laurie Daley rates this year’s NSW rugby league selection room dilemma as the greatest he’s encountered and has established a hot field of 23 candidates to wear the sky blue. …

Gold Coast hooker Nathan Peats is set to miss the early stages of the NRL season with a shoulder injury, suffered in the Titans’ final trial in New Zealand. With …

Rather than being daunted by following in the footsteps of Canberra’s goal-kicking ace Jarrod Croker, Aidan Sezer is relishing his chance to kick the Raiders into gear this NRL season. …

French number eight Damien Chouly and centre Mathieu Bastareaud will miss France’s match against Ireland in the Six Nations. The French Rugby Federation said Chouly sprained an ankle in training …

Newly-elevated Reds leader Samu Kerevi has hailed Queensland’s culture the best he’s seen at the rebuilding Super Rugby club. Kerevi, just 23 and only in his fourth season of Super …

With his cancer in remission, Christian Lealiifano is back with the Brumbies full-time to mentor his teammates while he builds towards returning to rugby. Having recently passed 100 days since …

Emerging AFL power GWS Giants have secured another of their talented young players, with versatile Adam Tomlinson the latest to sign a contract extension. Just a few days after fellow …

Fremantle defender Lee Spurr hopes the club’s recent move to their new home in Cockburn will help them banish the demons of 2016 and reach the finals this season. The …

They’re two of the most-stoic figures at Parramatta and, together, they’ve vowed to put last year’s season from hell behind them and push for success in 2017. Coach Brad Arthur …