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The pain in Billy Slater’s shoulder may have eased but the thought of letting down his Kangaroos teammates has proven too much to bear. Slater surprised his Australian colleagues when …

Cronulla forward Chris Heighington will miss three games after taking the early guilty plea for his dangerous throw in last week’s NRL defeat to Penrith. Manly’s Steve Matai will fight …

NSW Waratahs star Israel Folau has ticked most boxes in Super Rugby but will need to break a seven-year hoodoo to achieve another career first against the Brumbies on Friday …

South Sydney are considering thrusting untried rookie Brock Gray into the fray as they formulate a plan to cover for the lengthy absence of prized recruit Glenn Stewart. Stewart, who …

Star South Sydney forward Glenn Stewart has been ruled out for up to three months with a thumb injury. Stewart suffered the injury during last week’s 30-22 loss to the …

James Maloney has welcomed the chance to go head to head with Josh Reynolds in a bid to win back the NSW State of Origin five-eighth jumper. But Maloney believes …

Fremantle tagger Ryan Crowley’s hearing into doping allegations has been pushed back to May 18. Crowley was initially scheduled to front up to the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal this Friday. But …

In bizarre scenes, unavailable winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak took part in New Zealand training on Tuesday after his replacement Jason Nightingale turned up in a moon boot. Watene-Zelezniak had been ruled …

The AFL tribunal won’t sit on Tuesday night after six players accepted fines. Four of those fines arose from a fiery clash in the second quarter of the Anzac Day …

Bashed out of the contest last meeting, the Brumbies have pledged to man up against the NSW Waratahs to prove themselves genuine Super Rugby heavyweights on Friday night. Test prop …

Kangaroos fullback Billy Slater has made the agonising decision to withdraw from Friday night’s trans-Tasman Test in Brisbane due to a shoulder injury. Slater looked comfortable under countless high balls …

Sydney defender Rhyce Shaw is confident his champion AFL teammate Adam Goodes will return soon from a self-imposed stint in the reserves, perhaps even to face the Western Bulldogs this …

St George Illawarra veteran Jason Nightingale will start for New Zealand in Friday night’s rugby league Test against Australia after Dallin Watene-Zelezniak took the early guilty plea to a dangerous …

All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw will miss the Crusaders’ clash with Super Rugby leaders the Hurricanes on Saturday after being knocked out in the win over the Blues. Crusaders doctor …

Facing GWS used to be a stroll in the park for West Coast, but Eagles coach Adam Simpson says it has now turned into a “dangerous” assignment. In the three …

They’ve made their best ever start to an AFL season, but Fremantle haven’t even come close to reaching their potential, according to coach Ross Lyon. The Dockers sit on top …

North Melbourne tall Todd Goldstein says young ruckmen will be among the chief beneficiaries from a change to the AFL’s much-loathed substitutes rule. A day after Kangaroos coach Brad Scott …

Manly have moved to shore up the future of the NRL club by re-signing young guns Tom and Jake Trbojevic and Clinton Gutherson to the end of 2017, with boom …