Michael Cheika won’t be pushing for a rule change to make overseas-based players eligible for Wallabies selection, vowing to stick by players who value playing for their country over money. …
Many Wallabies overlooked for Test selection on the spring tour so far have politely accepted it as being all part of the experience. Centre Matt Toomua, who gets his chance …
Australia shaded South Africa in the pace stakes eight months ago in a thrilling Test series. Now Australia’s next generation of fast bowlers are seeking to do the same in …
Ireland will face the AFL’s cream of the crop on Saturday night, and Essendon ace Brendon Goddard hopes it will stay that way for years to come. The future of …
Richie McCaw considered standing down as All Blacks captain after their 2007 World Cup failure, before realising it was time to man up. McCaw becomes the first player to lead …
Most All Blacks will miss at least the first week of Super Rugby next year after being guaranteed a minimum 12-week off-season break ahead of the World Cup. Coach Steve …
Long-held grievances within the Samoa rugby team towards their administrators have bubbled to surface says All Blacks veteran Jerome Kaino. Ten All Blacks, including Kaino, used social media to declare …
THE GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR EVERY NRL SIDE’S TILT AT PREMIERSHIP GLORY IN 2015: BRISBANE The good: Wayne Bennett’s return to Red Hill. If anyone can return the Broncos …
He may have tamed the wind at Metropolitan to take share of the Australian Masters tournament lead but Steven Bowditch isn’t a happy man. The only blemish to an impressive …
Kurtley Beale is set to make his Test comeback off the bench this weekend after being included in Michael Cheika’s final squad to face Ireland in Dublin. Beale on Thursday …
In a widely expected shake-up, four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel will replace two-time champion Fernando Alonso at Ferrari next season. The 27-year-old German will be leaving Red Bull for …
The intense rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has increased heading into the final race of the season with Rosberg taunting his Mercedes teammate by urging him to “drive …
Ross Taylor hit a return-to-form half-century to help New Zealand recover after Sarfraz Ahmed hit a fighting hundred for Pakistan on day four of the second Test in Dubai. Taylor …
Scotland coach Vern Cotter has made four injury-induced changes to his side named to play Tonga in Kilmarnock on Saturday. In the backs, 90-cap Glasgow Warrior Sean Lamont, who came …
Roger Federer will play for Switzerland in the Davis Cup final against France in Lille on Friday. There had been concerns in the Swiss camp that he would be unable …
Roger Federer will play for Switzerland in the Davis Cup final against France in Lille on Friday. There had been concerns in the Swiss camp that he would be unable …
Japan and Argentina will have teams in an expanded Super Rugby competition from 2016, SANZAR confirmed on Thursday. The inclusion of franchises from Tokyo and Buenos Aires had been mooted …
New Zealand continued to press home efforts for a series-levelling win as they reached tea at 1-54 on the fourth day of the second Test against Pakistan in Dubai on …


