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AFL boss Gillon McLachlan wants to keep shaking things up, saying he’d like to host a Thursday night game in week one of the finals. The league has introduced a …

A Port Adelaide supporter who racially attacked indigenous Crows star Eddie Betts shouldn’t be banned for life, AFL officials say. Port have banned the woman, aged in her mid-20s, from …

Canterbury big man Sam Kasiano will miss his side’s run to the NRL finals after pleading guilty over his kick to Brisbane skipper Corey Parker’s head. The Bulldogs prop will …

Collingwood premiership players Brent Macaffer and Alan Toovey have announced their AFL retirements. Macaffer and Toovey played in the drawn 2010 grand final and ensuing replay, which the Magpies won …

Western Bulldogs stand-in skipper Easton Wood could return in the AFL finals after scans delivered some overdue good news at Whitten Oval. Wood landed awkwardly on his left leg during …

League supremo Gillon McLachlan believes the AFL industry’s handling of the ugly banana-throwing affair shows progress in dealing with indigenous affairs. Indigenous Adelaide star Eddie Betts had a banana thrown …

Where there’s light, there’s hope and Wests Tigers halfback Luke Brooks refuses to concede his side is out of NRL finals contention. The Tigers’ chance of making their first finals …

AFL boss Gillon McLachlan wants supporters to call out racist behaviour at matches. Indigenous Adelaide star Eddie Betts had a banana thrown at him by a Port Adelaide fan during …

North Queensland thrashed Canterbury 36-0 in Townsville a month ago, but Johnathan Thurston expects that result to only make the Bulldogs a tougher opponent. The fifth-placed Cowboys face the fourth-placed …

Luke Brooks refuses to concede West Tigers’ NRL top-eight chances have been dashed despite his side needing a minor miracle to qualify for the finals. The Tigers’ hopes of making …

Brownlow medallist Nat Fyfe has ended speculation he will leave Fremantle, saying he’s committed to the club and will re-sign in 2017. Fyfe’s AFL future has been a hot topic …

West Coast forward Josh Kennedy says he has 100 per cent faith in Scott Lycett to fill the ruck void created by Nic Naitanui’s absence. Kennedy said he and his …

Port Adelaide say the woman who racially attacked indigenous Crows star Eddie Betts should be allowed back into AFL games if she makes amends. Adelaide chief executive Andrew Fagan and …

Adelaide are yet to decide if they’ll seek to have a court hearing relating to the alleged murder of former coach Phil Walsh delayed until after the AFL grand final. …

Uncapped rising stars Damian McKenzie and Rieko Ioane are among five players called into an injury-hit All Blacks squad for Saturday’s rematch with the chastened Wallabies in Wellington. The additions …

Gold Coast forward Luke Douglas is urging his young teammates not to take the chance to play NRL final lightly and seize the Titans’ NRL top-eight spot. The eighth-placed Titans …

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has guaranteed out-of-sorts representative back-rower Aidan Guerra his NRL future lies with the Tricolours. Guerra is off contract at Bondi at the end of 2017 …

Wallabies lock Rob Simmons has dismissed constant shuffling of second row combinations and a small back row as excuses for Australia’s poor lineout performance against the All Blacks. New Zealand …