Critics bagged Dave Smith for his perceived lack of rugby league smarts. But Queensland Rugby League boss Rob Moore hopes the next NRL CEO follows Smith’s example and has a …
The All Blacks are being coy about what they may have up their sleeves to surprise the Springboks in their World Cup semi-final at Twickenham on Saturday. When they last …
Wallabies boss Michael Cheika has turned the blowtorch on World Rugby for its handling of the controversial finish in their World Cup quarter-final win over Scotland. Referee Craig Joubert was …
World Cup-winning lock Ben Kay and former British and Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan are on a five-man panel undertaking a review of England’s failure at the Rugby World Cup. …
A Serbian fitness expert has joined the high performance unit at AFL club Port Adelaide. Mladen Jovanovic, who has worked with soccer teams in Sweden and Belgrade and most recently …
Port Adelaide have secured prized trade target Charlie Dixon with the AFL club finalising a three-way deal for the Gold Coast key forward. Dixon, 25, flagged his desire to join …
ARLC CHAIRMAN JOHN GRANT AND OUTGOING NRL CEO DAVE SMITH ON RUGBY LEAGUE’S BIG ISSUES: SMITH ON WHY HE’S LEAVING: “I’ve decided the time is right for me to move …
A defiant Michael Cheika says the Wallabies absolutely deserve their place in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals, despite getting lucky in a game where he admits they started to believe …
The Wallabies acknowledge it’s an emotional week for scrum guru Mario Ledesma as he helps them to derail the Rugby World Cup campaign of his countrymen. Argentina loom as a …
Controversial Cronulla NRL forward Andrew Fifita has thrown his support behind Matthew Lodge, after the former Wests Tigers’ player was hit with a string of charges in New York. Lodge …
Former Richmond captain Chris Newman has had the ideal start to his AFL coaching career, joining Hawthorn in a development role. Alastair Clarkson’s dynasty at the Hawks has become famous …
He’s been watching, but former NRL chief executive David Gallop isn’t interested in talking about his successor’s departure from the role. Rugby league boss Dave Smith announced his resignation on …
France’s World Cup was a “total failure”, the country’s rugby federation chief said on Monday after a crushing 62-13 quarter-final defeat to New Zealand. “We had fixed important targets, so …
Geelong coach Chris Scott is comfortable with the high price the Cats have paid for their busy AFL trade period. Geelong have welcomed four experienced players – Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide), …
Fans might beg to differ, but Dave Smith is confident his infamous “Benji Barba” gaffe won’t define his tumultuous three-year reign as NRL boss. The outgoing chief executive hopes leaving …
NRL heavyweights Todd Greenberg and Shane Richardson head the list of potential successors after Dave Smith on Tuesday called time on his three-year reign as a rugby league “change agent”. …
From the very beginning Dave Smith was a stranger in a strange land. He was a Welsh banker parachuted in as the head of a fiercely tribal, sometimes cannibalistic, factional …
Jamie Whincup may be forgiven by his Holden team but the V8 Supercars star reckons he has been portrayed as the “villain” ahead of this weekend’s Gold Coast 600. Whincup …
