Teams in this year’s Super Rugby competition will have the opportunity to kick for touch after the fulltime siren and take a lineout, in a variation set to add late …
Rather than talk up his own chances, Brisbane’s Auckland Nines skipper Sam Thaiday is backing Darius Boyd or Andrew McCullough to be named Broncos captain for the NRL season proper. …
England may be in Wayne Bennett’s sights but Kangaroos back-rower Sam Thaiday reckons rugby league will benefit most if the master coach focuses on Pacific Island nations. Bennett is reportedly …
Former Springboks back Peter Grant will have his first start for the Western Force in their pre-season rugby trial against the Hurricanes on Wednesday. Grant 31, who won five caps …
Rather than talk up his own chances, Brisbane’s Auckland Nines skipper Sam Thaiday is backing Darius Boyd or Andrew McCullough to be named Broncos captain for the NRL season proper. …
Opportunities abound for Sydney’s young guns but backline stalwart Nick Smith concedes it will he hard for the Swans to immediately replace five departed premiership players. The Swans have lost …
What Johnathan Thurston wants, he usually gets. But North Queensland NRL coach Paul Green admitted he had to pull rank and again deny Thurston an Auckland Nines debut with the …
Andrew Newbold has resigned as president of three-time reigning AFL premiers Hawthorn. Newbold, who had held the position since 2011, said he had always intended to leave the role “two …
Newcastle winger James McManus hasn’t given up hope of continuing his rugby league career despite shutting himself down for the 2016 NRL season due to concussion. It was originally feared …
Newcastle Knights winger James McManus has been ruled out for the 2016 NRL season due to complications resulting from concussion. McManus, who hasn’t played since round 20 last year, has …
Eighth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis advanced to the second round of the Open Sud de France on Monday with a 7-5 7-5 win over Lukas Lacko. Baghdatis hit nine aces and converted …
South Sydney halfback Adam Reynolds has replaced returning NRL star Sam Burgess in one of six changes to the World All Stars team for next week’s clash with the Indigenous …
Boys will be boys but Sam Thaiday admits the ageing Maroons are counting on their misbehaving young guns to change their ways and fill a looming void in the champion …
Sydney backline stalwart Nick Smith concedes it will he hard for the Swans to immediately replace four departed premiership players with over 700 games of AFL experience. Adam Goodes, Mike …
Backrower Gavin Cooper will skipper a North Queensland squad featuring 13 players from last year’s NRL premiership-winning team at this weekend’s Auckland Nines. Cooper – who led the Cowboys to …
South Sydney captain Greg Inglis has given himself until the end of this NRL season to nut out a contract extension with the club. The 29-year-old, who still has two …
Dyson Heppell did not breach his suspension when he used social media to promote an Essendon sponsor, the AFL says. The star midfielder, who will miss this season as one …
Port Adelaide have a strong argument for recruiting mature aged top-up players but that doesn’t mean it will happen, AFL chief Gillon McLachlan says. Two former Essendon players now at …












