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The return of controversial Brisbane NRL prop Adam Blair has North Queensland on high alert, prompting calls from Cowboys coach Paul Green for better protection of Johnathan Thurston. Brisbane prop …

Anyone found guilty of racial abuse should receive a NRL life ban, a fired up Johnathan Thurston says. “Ban them for life, 100 per cent. We don’t need that in …

Forgotten Western Bulldogs ruckman Will Minson is a chance to make an AFL return against Greater Western Sydney as coach Luke Beveridge’s selection options continue to be savaged by injury …

Dion Prestia isn’t buying into the doom and gloom around Gold Coast – but he’s still not ready to open up contract talks with the battling AFL club. Prestia declared …

NRL battlers Newcastle, Gold Coast and St George Illawarra have publicly signalled their interest in luring Jarryd Hayne back to the NRL. Hayne quit the NFL on Monday in a …

WHICH NRL CLUBS ARE AND AREN’T INTERESTED IN SIGNING JARRYD HAYNE AFTER HIS SHOCK NFL DEPARTURE: * Brisbane: Brisbane have had no discussions on making a play for Hayne * …

Hooker Issac Luke has been restored to the Warriors’ starting line-up for his return to Taranaki and a NRL meeting with Canberra in New Plymouth. Luke, who was born and …

Karmichael Hunt’s groin could ruin what looms as a marketer’s dream for the Queensland Reds when they host Japan’s Super Rugby franchise the Sunwolves this weekend on their first visit …

It may only be May but Parramatta’s NRL grand final has come five months early. That’s the mindset for Eels prop Danny Wicks, who knows the under-siege club now need …

Richmond are hoping durable defender Bachar Houli is back playing AFL sooner than expected after undergoing surgery on a broken wrist. The 28-year-old suffered the injury at training last week, …

Highly respected rugby league administrator Brian Canavan has been appointed as the NRL’s new head of football. Canavan will step down from his role as Gold Coast chief operating officer …

Off-season buy Matt Ballin is in line to make his Wests Tigers debut with starting hooker Robbie Farah likely to be ruled out of Saturday’s NRL game against Newcastle. Farah …

Japanese Test star Ayumu Goromaru will reportedly leave the Queensland Reds at the end of the Super Rugby season to join French glamour club Toulon. Kyodo News reports the 30-year-old, …

Champion Hawthorn AFL forward Jarryd Roughead will be sidelined indefinitely after he suffered a recurrence of melanoma. Roughead missed two games last season after he had a melanoma removed from …

Three years on, the hurt of losing his only State of Origin series still burns strong within James Maloney as he inches closer to a NSW recall. The Cronulla playmaker …

Brisbane have played down the absence of Queensland Origin hopeful Corey Oates at training on Tuesday, saying the winger missed the session due to personal reasons. Hooker Andrew McCullough (hamstring) …

Brodie Retallick believes the bye came at just the right time for the Chiefs as they look to rebound from their disappointing Super Rugby defeat to the Highlanders. The Chiefs …

Parramatta are poised to make their first signing since being sanctioned for breaching the salary cap, with five-eighth Corey Norman he could extend his stay with the club this week. …