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Western Force captain Matt Hodgson might be enjoying being on a four-game winning streak but hasn’t forgotten their dismal 22-point season-opening loss to the Waratahs. The Force went down 43-21 …

Prop Luke Burgess has revealed the threat of the axe is driving South Sydney’s players to turn their season around. Burgess was dumped to reserve grade following the loss to …

Adam Simpson’s first real test as an AFL coach comes this Saturday night – not only is West Coast up against the also unbeaten Geelong, but four of the Eagles’ …

Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens wants to stay at his post for four more years to oversee a transition period heading into Australia’s World Cup defence. Sheens, in his sixth successive …

Kiwi coach Stephen Kearney says he has no interest in replacing Matt Elliott at the Warriors on a day the NRL club’s multi-millionaire owners became embroiled in a bitter war …

A Kangaroos jersey is in Matt Gillett’s reach as the Brisbane Broncos lock confronts Gold Coast’s star-studded back-row in Friday night’s NRL local derby. The unlikely top-of-the-table clash has grown …

North Melbourne’s joint vice-captain Jack Ziebell will miss a second consecutive AFL game because of a shoulder injury. The Kangaroos are 10th on the ladder with two wins in the …

NSW Waratahs captain Dave Dennis insists having coach Michael Cheika hauled before a judiciary next week will have no bearing on the side’s performance in Saturday night’s Super Rugby crunch …

It promised to deliver the best sporting franchise in Australia or New Zealand. But Eric Watson and Sir Owen Glenn’s co-ownership of NRL club the Warriors is unravelling in spectacular …

Kiwis coach Steve Kearney is eyeing rookie Parramatta backrower Manu Ma’u for his Test pack as Sonny Bill Williams’ international rugby league career creeps towards an end. Just three weeks …

St Kilda could go back to where it all began, with the AFL club potentially becoming involved in a redevelopment of the dilapidated Junction Oval. It has emerged that the …

Penrith’s Jamie Soward credits John Sutton’s return to five-eighth as the reason for South Sydney’s improved form and nominates the skipper as the key to the Rabbitohs’ attack. Sutton, who …

Glamour forwards aren’t what they used to be, according to Richmond AFL coach Damien Hardwick. That hasn’t stopped them being the focus of fans’ attention. Friday night’s round-four clash between …

After putting two years of injury hell behind him Kyle Stanley knows the time’s come to start living up to the hype and it may be away from St George …

Sacked batting star Kevin Pietersen still hopes to return to international cricket and become the first England player to score 10,000 Test runs, according to an interview published on Thursday. …

Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson says his winless Crows have performance anxiety. But Sanderson says the Crows’ bleak streak has brought players and coaches closer together than ever before as they …

Eight changes have been made to the Chiefs starting line-up for their Super Rugby match against the Melbourne Rebels in Hamilton on Saturday. Prop Jamie Mackintosh, lock Michael Fitzgerald and …

Hurricanes management hope to announce a successor to coach Mark Hammett by June following his decision to quit the Super Rugby franchise at season’s end to pursue an overseas contract. …