NEW ZEALAND Form Any doubts emerging from New Zealand’s surprise Rugby Championship defeat to Australia were soon extinguished as the All Blacks exacted revenge with an emphatic victory seven days …
HOW RUGBY WORLD CUP POOL D STACKS UP IRELAND Form: Arguably the best of all time – but definitely since the inception of world rankings. Head coach Joe Schmidt has …
HOW THE RUGBY WORLD CUP’S GROUP OF DEATH – POOL A – STACKS UP AUSTRALIA Form: Won a truncated Rugby Championship after toppling South Africa and New Zealand at home, …
SOUTH AFRICA Form South Africa suffered four successive defeats, including a 37-25 home loss to Argentina before responding with a win in Buenos Aires. There is still a reliance on …
It’s just as well Michael Cheika loves a challenge. The task faced by his Wallabies’ at the eighth Rugby World Cup is arguably the toughest in two-time winners Australia’s history …
Former Hawthorn teammates Jarryd Roughead and Jordan Lewis have admitted they were surprised by Lance Franklin’s battle with mental illness. The pair threw their support behind Franklin after it emerged …
Bernard Tomic knows he’s on his last chance after gaining a Davis Cup reprieve for Australia’s semi-final with Great Britain. Tomic has replaced Nick Kyrgios for the indoor hardcourt tie …
Australian captain Wally Masur has placed Nick Kyrgios in Davis Cup exile until the temperamental youngster sorts himself out. As Australia battle Great Britain in next week’s semi-final in Glasgow, …
West Australian footy is the cool kid on the block at the moment, and it’s going to get a whole lot more popular in 2018 when it hosts an epic …
Western Bulldogs defender Shane Biggs will be one of the least-experienced players to take the field against Adelaide but he’ll have no trouble adapting to the increased intensity of the …
Sydney coach John Longmire and co-captain Jarrad McVeigh insist the Swans are up to the massive challenge of taking on minor premiers Fremantle in Saturday’s qualifying final without superstar Lance …
Once again Brisbane rake Andrew McCullough finds himself in Jake Granville’s sights. However, McCullough has dismissed talk that form North Queensland No.9 Granville will be out to prove a point …
Destiny awaits for North Queensland with 2015 looming as the Cowboys’ best chance at breaking their NRL premiership duck. The Cowboys head south to take on Brisbane in Saturday’s qualifying …
British anti-doping chiefs could contact French prosecutors to see if their doping investigation involves players who might be competing in the Rugby World Cup. Nicole Sapstead, the chief executive of …
Warren Gatland has defended his decision to play Leigh Halfpenny in Wales’ final World Cup warm-up game against Italy. British and Irish Lions full-back Halfpenny suffered a serious knee injury …
Tennis wild child Nick Kyrgios has been dumped for Australia’s Davis Cup semi-final showdown with Andy Murray’s Great Britain. While Bernard Tomic has been recalled after being suspended from Australia’s …
Sydney midfielder Dan Hannebery has polled seven votes in the final-round win over Gold Coast to edge out Fremantle’s Nat Fyfe and win the AFL Coaches Association player of the …
Collingwood will go all out to secure midfield young gun Adam Treloar, who told Greater Western Sydney on Tuesday that he wanted to be traded to the Magpies. The out-of-contract …
