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Warriors second-rower Ryan Hoffman has scored a late winner for a 26-22 first-round win over Newcastle in Auckland, with the hapless Knights suffering their 19th-straight NRL loss. Despite Newcastle leading …

Gold Coast might be a work in progress but coach Neil Henry says that doesn’t excuse some of their defensive failings in Saturday’s 32-18 NRL defeat to the Sydney Roosters. …

Paul Gallen has fired back after Phil Gould claimed Cronulla’s long-awaited maiden NRL premiership came in what “ended up being a fairly soft competition”. Penrith supremo and Channel Nine commentator …

Cronulla skipper Paul Gallen has leapt to the defence of South Sydney’s medical staff following the Greg Inglis’ injury debate. South are facing an early season crisis after their skipper …

Brisbane are in the box seat to host the inaugural AFL Women’s grand final after the Lions won a thriller against Adelaide. With two rounds left in the season, Brisbane …

Defending series champion Shane van Gisbergen has again dominated, grabbing pole position for the Supercars season opener’s second 250km race in Adelaide on Sunday. Still buzzing from his race one …

Two rounds in and already Australia’s Super Rugby teams are again shaping as the competition’s travelling bunnies. After managing just five wins from 22 matches on the road last season …

Six-time Supercars series champion Jamie Whincup has been the first to benefit from this season’s new rules after escaping punishment for a race incident at the season opener in Adelaide. …

The NSW Waratahs are ruing their soft defence after being put to the sword in a Super Rugby try-fest in Johannesburg. Not only caught short of breath at altitude, the …

Wasps director of rugby Dai Young hopes to find out within the next week if star Australian fullback Kurtley Beale will stay on at the club beyond his current one-season …

They once called him “The Kid”. But veteran Supercars driver Craig Lowndes still isn’t cutting record breaking youngster Alex Rullo any slack at the Supercars season opener in Adelaide. At …

Novak Djokovic has lost the tenacity which enabled him to rule men’s tennis for a number of years, former mentor Niki Pilic has said. “Djokovic reached the Mount Everest of …

The signs were largely positive for Fremantle’s AFL recruits in Saturday’s pre-season win over Collingwood but the Dockers are sweating over scans on forward Shane Kersten’s ribs. Fremantle beat Collingwood …

Nathan Buckley saw enough to suggest Mason Cox is ready to break out further this year as the Collingwood coach looks to field almost a full-strength squad in their final …

Andy Murray shrugged off early nerves to claim his first title of the year with a straight-sets victory over Fernando Verdasco in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis …

North Queensland have passed the first test following their their off-season forward exodus as co-captain Matt Scott and reigning Dally M medallist Jason Taumalolo carried the Cowboys past Canberra 20-16. …

Brumbies co-captain Sam Carter has urged his team to show more discipline as they aim to shake off the scars of another narrow Super Rugby defeat. While a try after …

He’s been raking in the dollars at training, and Western Force winger Chance ‘Money’ Peni has taken little time to prove he’s worth every cent. Outside interest in the Force’s …