Newcastle coach Wayne Bennett has accused Melbourne of deliberately conceding penalties to slow down the game and admitted he no longer knows what constitutes a sin-binning offence in the NRL. …
The Sydney Roosters are the NRL benchmark and next week resilient Cronulla find out just how far they’ve come since being flogged by them just four weeks ago. With three …
Coach Matthew Elliott will have six days to lift the Warriors after the club had their NRL play-off ambitions dented with a third consecutive defeat. The disappointment that he will …
Melbourne’s caretaker AFL coach Neil Craig says handing young forward Jack Watts a loose-man role in defence is good for his development, despite what the critics may suggest. The 22-year-old …
Star recruit Kurt Tippett kicked five goals as Sydney warmed up for a testing final fortnight of the regular AFL season with a regulation 59-point win over St Kilda at …
Penrith rediscovered their attacking bite as they came from behind to down the Warriors 28-24 in Auckland and keep their NRL play-off hopes alive. The offensive edge was epitomised by …
Melbourne’s big-three once again stepped up when their team needed them most to clamber over Newcastle 23-10 in Sunday’s NRL clash at Hunter Stadium. Second-half tries from skipper Cameron Smith …
In handing down fines and suspensions, the NRL normally applies rules that are black and white – but in testing the spirit of the game on Friday night – Manly …
The NRL and NSW government are set to join forces in a bid prevent a repeat of scenes at a recent junior rugby league match where the crowd and players …
The ruthless All Blacks are promising no respite for the Wallabies when they seek to lock up the Bledisloe Cup for an 11th consecutive year in Wellington on Saturday. Unbeaten …
Wingers Dave Simmons and Josh Mansour produced some clinical finishing as Penrith kept their NRL play-off ambitions alive with a come-from-behind 28-24 victory over the Warriors on Sunday. Both men …
Ruckman Aaron Sandilands was subbed off with concussion in a concern for the AFL premiership hopes of Fremantle, who cruised to a 95-point win over Melbourne on Sunday. Fremantle’s 20.13 …
Sydney Roosters second-rower Aidan Guerra says his NRL teammates will have to share the back-row burden left by the absence of Boyd Cordner. Cordner, one of the Roosters’ best this …
Halfback Mitchell Pearce credits the positive energy of his Sydney Roosters teammates for helping him move on from his State of Origin heartache and strengthen the club’s NRL premiership tilt. …
Dual international Lote Tuqiri expects Wests Tigers teammate Benji Marshall to thrive in his code switch next year. Tuqiri believes Marshall has found a great coaching fit in signing a …
Jose Mourinho says he’ll walk away from Chelsea if his Midas touch deserts him. His second spell as Blues boss begins at home to Hull on Sunday with his side …
The Wallabies want yellow cards issued in Saturday’s do-or-die Bledisloe Cup clash in Wellington after the All Blacks’ spoiling tactics once again frustrated Australia in the first-Test rout in Sydney. …
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie will consider deploying Israel Folau at fullback in a bid to maximise his game-breaking attacking potential and keep Australia’s Bledisloe Cup hopes alive. The Wallabies must …
