Dumped by the Wests Tigers for the 2012 season, Cronulla prop Bryce Gibbs is preparing for the ultimate revenge – an NRL premiership. Gibbs was let go by the Tigers …
Canterbury’s Josh Morris has paid tribute to Jamie Lyon and says the experienced Manly star centre is in the best form of his NRL career. Lyon, who has turned his …
South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer expects pressure on counterpart Robbie Deans to bring out the best in the Wallabies, and has responded with several changes of his own for Saturday …
Interim ARLC chief executive Shane Mattiske has told NRL club bosses rugby league is in the best shape of its 104-year history. Mattiske addressed chief executives on Wednesday with the …
Australia’s David Hussey says fellow spinner Xavier Doherty is maintaining a positive attitude for the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka despite being overlooked for the one-day series against Pakistan. …
Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy concedes his team isn’t playing as well as he hoped heading into the NRL finals but feels it’s gaining some timely momentum. Few coaches would …
The form guide has been thrown out the window by North Queensland ahead of their NRL elimination final against a lowly rated Brisbane Broncos in Townsville on Saturday night. The …
Two years ago, Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands was a shadow of himself as he unsuccessfully dragged his banged-up body through the club’s 69-point AFL semi-final loss to Geelong at the …
Ben Barba may have cleaned up at Tuesday’s Dally M awards, but Manly coach Geoff Toovey has backed his in-form side to keep the Canterbury superstar under control in Friday’s …
Port Adelaide caretaker Garry Hocking says he won’t seek the AFL club’s full-time coaching job. Port are moving to appoint a coach by the grand final, with Rodney Eade and …
Australia’s Davis Cup hopes have skyrocketed, with Germany’s powerful line-up suddenly reduced to a one-man band for next week’s World Group playoff in Hamburg. If Australian captain Pat Rafter figured …
Adelaide defender Daniel Talia has won the AFL Rising Star award in his second senior season. The 20-year-old has played 31 matches for the Crows and will make his finals …
West Coast midfielder Luke Shuey didn’t sleep well after last year’s AFL qualifying final loss to Collingwood. Shuey entered the game brimming with confidence following a breakout home-and-away campaign, but …
Eight years ago Brisbane captain Gorden Tallis’ rugby league career ended in an NRL elimination final loss to North Queensland in Townsville. One of his teammates that night, fellow Brisbane …
Brian Smith has coached the Sydney Roosters for the last time, with the veteran coach and the NRL club agreeing to part ways by “mutual consent”. Smith led the Roosters …
Adelaide’s only AFL premiership captain, Mark Bickley, senses a similarity between his flag winners and the current Crows crop. Now an Adelaide assistant coach, Bickley says it’s the presence of …
Club great Mal Meninga agrees Canberra are a darkhorse of the NRL finals, but warns that’s because they’re largely not expected to progress beyond week one. The three-time premiership winning …
Young Wallabies flanker Michael Hooper will attempt to replicate David Pocock’s heroic World Cup quarter-final performance when he lines up in Saturday night’s Rugby Championship clash with South Africa in …
