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When Jai Field fell short in some of the NRL training standards at Parramatta earlier this year coach Brad Arthur showed him some tough love. Field’s response is exactly why …

A nervous Ben Hayes wanted to see Aysar produce on race day the kind of performance that he knew was hidden within the two-year-old. Hayes, who trains in partnership with …

Two-time AFL premiership winning coach Denis Pagan had hoped for a low-key start to his racehorse training career. Pagan was granted a restricted licence earlier in the week and wanted …

Western Force have signed former Wallabies Pek Cowan and Nick Frisby before the launch of Australia’s new domestic rugby competition. Cowan joined the Force’s foundation squad in 2006 as an …

Former South Africa player Chiliboy Ralepelle has been handed a career-ending eight-year ban for doping, some 18 months after testing positive for a banned substance. It is a second drugs …

Canberra legend Laurie Daley says John Bateman owes the Raiders a big end to the NRL season after opting to walk out on his contract with a year remaining. Currently …

England rugby union centre Manu Tuilagi is one of six players stood down by his club Leicester Tigers amid a club contract stand-off. British and Irish Lions star Tuilagi, Kyle …

England rugby union centre Manu Tuilagi is one of six players stood down by his club Leicester Tigers amid a club contract stand-off. British and Irish Lions star Tuilagi, Kyle …

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire is adamant Steele Sidebottom will retain the club’s vice-captaincy despite a boozy night costing the Magpies star a four-game AFL suspension. The gun midfielder accepted the …

They’ve only just hauled themselves off the bottom of the NRL ladder but in the crazy year that is 2020, Gold Coast know an unlikely bid for finals football isn’t …

Welcome to the clash of the two NRL heavyweights that after seven years of duels across 15 matches are still so hard to split. The two powerhouses of the past …

Australian rugby players will return on 70 per cent of their original wage when Super Rugby AU kicks off on Friday after an agreement was reached on Wednesday night. Players …

Star Collingwood midfielder Steele Sidebottom has begrudgingly accepted a four-match ban for committing a series of COVID-19 breaches during a weekend drinking session. The AFL handed down the stiff punishment …

NSW Waratahs coach Rob Penney will blood up to to five debutants and go into an opening round Super Rugby AU battle with Queensland, with almost half of his squad …

Not by design, the Greg Eurell-trained Victoria Star goes into the Listed Winter Championship Series Final at Flemington having not raced for five weeks. But Eurell is hopeful that proves …

Victorian racehorse owners living in COVID-19 hotspots will be banned from attending race meetings. Owners were allowed back on course last week, but following Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ lockdown of …

Melbourne’s flagship spring races including the Melbourne Cup will retain their rich purses while minimum prize money in Victoria will return to pre-COVID levels from the start of the new …

Auditions to be the next Wallabies standout begin on Friday with the launch of Super Rugby AU and coaches think it might bring out the best of the code. Queensland …