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Veteran GWS defender Heath Shaw is relishing taking over the footy bragging rights in his famous family. On Sunday, the 34-year-old back will log his 314th AFL game, eclipsing his …

Western Force coach Tim Sampson expects his team will be in the thick of the action at the “pointy end” of Super Rugby AU, and he doesn’t mind their underdog …

Canberra’s hopes of having a crowd of 6000 for Saturday night’s NRL blockbuster against Melbourne have been dashed by prolonged coronavirus restrictions. The Raiders had initially hoped to have GIO …

Nat Fyfe will bring the starpower but it’s Blake Acres who will provide the intel when Fremantle take on St Kilda at Metricon Stadium on Saturday. Barring any late setbacks, …

New Zealand Rugby insists it has made no decision about its preference for a trans-Tasman competition to replace Super Rugby next year and hasn’t been pressured by Australian interests. NZR …

Adelaide ruckman Reilly O’Brien has branded his looming AFL opponent Nic Naitanui “lazy and unfit” in game notes he mistakenly posted on social media. Ahead of his duel against the …

More than 20 per cent of the Gold Coast’s $10 million salary cap would be committed to just two players next season if David Fifita’s big-money move to the Titans …

Hawthorn will be wary of a wounded Collingwood when they face off in Friday night’s AFL clash at Giants Stadium. The Magpies are coming off consecutive losses, are without star …

Todd Payten’s leadership of the Warriors has been hailed by skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, leaving open the possibility their caretaker coach could be handed the NRL job fulltime. Tuivasa-Sheck didn’t want …

Co-trainer Bryan Guy believes lightly raced Vendidit can make a mockery of his odds and cement his new venture with Orbis Bloodstock by winning the Group Three Winx Guineas. The …

South Sydney have been told to clean up their execution to compete with the top teams as they hunt their first top-eight scalp since the NRL’s resumption. Friday night’s clash …

A return to top form in stakes races will see mare Krone withdrawn from the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale to race for another season. Formerly trained by Mick Price …

The Anthony Freedman stable has spring hopes for Toyetic after the gelding broke through for his maiden win at Sandown. But Sam Freedman, assistant trainer to his father, admitted to …

Prominent Sydney trainers Peter and Paul Snowden have added another Ramornie Handicap at Grafton, with Signore Fox bursting through between runners to win the Listed sprint. The father-and-son training partnership …

Goulburn trainer Kurt Goldman will not worry about getting his horse Intuition back across the Victoria and NSW border until after the sprinter races at Caulfield. Racing NSW on Wednesday …

Trainer Kim Waugh cannot fault Trumbull as she prepares the last-start Civic Stakes winner to chase another feature race victory at Rosehill this winter. Trumbull snapped a frustrating run when …

Benji Marshall is back, with the Wests Tigers veteran given a reprieve and recalled to come off the bench against South Sydney on Friday night. Axed by coach Michael Maguire …

A fiery English prop from St Helens once changed Canterbury’s pack and Luke Thompson wants to be the second one in a decade to make an impact on the NRL …