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Frank Pritchard will return to the NRL in 2017 after signing a deal to play with Parramatta next season. The 33-year-old former Canterbury star joined Hull in the English Super …

The Wallabies will face France with a starting lineup which barely resembles their opening Spring Tour fixtures, with coach Michael Cheika making 11 changes while handing Kyle Godwin a Test …

Aspiring NRL teams like the Brisbane Bombers should enter a team into rugby league’s new-look second tier instead of pushing for direct entry, NRL head of football Brian Canavan says. …

France coach Guy Noves has named Fijian-born wingers Noa Nakaitaci and Virimi Vakatawa as Les Bleus brace for a defensive challenge against Australia at the Stade de France on Saturday. …

Despite the carnage, defiant Essendon chairman Lindsay Tanner has hailed their AFL season a character test that they passed with flying colours. The Bombers continue to reel from the aftershocks …

State-based leagues in NSW and Queensland will replace the under 20s as the premier second-tier competition from 2018 onwards, the NRL has confirmed. Nine years after the inaugural underage league …

While he passed through a ready-to-run sale without meeting his reserve, two-year-old Salvador is showing enough promise for Wendy Roche to be considering a tilt at a race worth more …

Veteran Queensland sprinter Steel Zip will trial this week as he prepares for what will probably be his last campaign. The nine-year-old has many fans in Queensland because of his …

A field of 12 will contest Perth’s biggest sprint race, the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot. Saturday’s Group One race over 1200m has attracted five eastern states visitors who will tackle …

Victorian race caller Greg Miles has announced his retirement after more than three decades and a record 36 Melbourne Cups. Miles told RSN927 he thought the time was right and …

Powerhouse team Volkswagen will aim to bow out of World Rally with their third consecutive drivers’ championship one-two result at this weekend’s season-ending event in Australia. With top driver Sebastien …

North Queensland have ruled out any off-season panic buying despite veteran prop Ben Hannant’s retirement further draining their NRL forward depth. Two-time premiership winner Hannant, 31, confirmed on Thursday that …

Veteran skipper Cameron Smith is leaving the door open to playing on for Australia beyond next year’s Rugby League World Cup and possibly becoming the country’s most-capped player. Preparing for …

The shock defection of NRL prodigy Kalyn Ponga may yet have a silver lining, North Queensland coach Paul Green says. Green hopes money freed up by the teenager’s lucrative 2018 …

North Queensland coach Paul Green is disappointed by Kalyn Ponga’s defection to Newcastle but won’t consider an early release to the Knights for the NRL prodigy. Green is resigned to …

Frenchman Gael Monfils has withdrawn from the ATP World Tour Finals with a rib injury, leaving Novak Djokovic to play alternate David Goffin in his final group match. World No.6 …

Canberra have re-signed the last remaining player to figure in their 2016 NRL fairytale run, locking down back-up hooker Kurt Baptiste until the end of the 2018 season. The 25-year-old …

Evergreen Australia skipper Cameron Smith claims he feels fitter than ever and has no plans to call time on his glittering representative career just yet. The 33-year-old will make his …