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Sydney’s straight-sets exit from last year’s AFL finals has encouraged as well as stung the Swans. Co-captain Kieren Jack has brushed off speculation that Sydney are on the slide, saying …

NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson is proposing a reciprocal arrangement between Super Rugby and English Premiership clubs in a bid to retain more of Australia’s elite players. Gibson on Thursday …

Australian Formula One ace Daniel Ricciardo has brushed aside suggestions he must re-unite with former teammate Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari next season if he is to achieve his world championship …

Brendon Goddard is a fan of the saying that you don’t walk into the future backwards. Certainly, the star AFL midfielder has had to step carefully through a minefield of …

Defending champion Lewis Hamilton reckons Ferrari have something up their sleeve for this weekend’s season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Hamilton and his Mercedes outfit are clear favourites to win …

Melbourne Rebels skipper Nic Stirzaker is set to make his first Super Rugby appearance of the year after being named on the bench for their historic clash with the Sunwolves …

Foot surgery has dashed Richmond’s hopes that recruit Chris Yarran might play early in the AFL season. Yarran will be sidelined for about six weeks because he needs an operation …

Billionaire former sponsor Harry Triguboff has ruled out buying Balmain’s share in the Wests Tigers. The Balmain side of the merger has just two weeks to cough up the $5.4 …

After a fortnight of stewing, the NSW Waratahs are bent on stamping their authority on the Super Rugby season in Friday night’s bumper showdown with the benchmark Highlanders. The 2014 …

Essendon captain Brendon Goddard admits talk about whether they deserve to play in the annual AFL Anzac Day blockbuster has hit a nerve. Goddard has dismissed the heightened speculation this …

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has emphatically ruled out any chance of injured fullback Billy Slater playing again this NRL season. Slater this week underwent his second shoulder reconstruction in nine …

Todd Greenberg’s seemingly inevitable ascension to the NRL chief executive role has been welcomed across rugby league as good for the game. Greenberg is expected to be officially rubber-stamped as …

Melbourne Rebels skipper Nic Stirzaker is set to make his first Super Rugby appearance of the year after being named on the bench for their clash with the Sunwolves in …

Not for the first or the last time, captain Luke Hodge has batted away the pessimism of Hawthorn preparing for the AFL season opener without five of their premiership contributors. …

Ben Daley’s latest long-term injury is not a career-ender, according to Queensland Reds interim co-coach Matt O’Connor. Having just recovered from off-season shoulder surgery, Daley is set to miss the …

Moses Mbye has a chance to prove he’s one of the NRL’s elite playmakers when he takes on the man who, at one time, almost wore his Canterbury No.6 jumper …

Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has emphatically ruled out any chance of injured fullback Billy Slater playing again this NRL season. Slater underwent his second shoulder reconstruction in nine months …

Ben Barba has emerged as the bolter for the Queensland fullback vacancy created by an injured Billy Slater. While it is believed Slater will be invited into the Maroons’ camp …