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Ivan Cleary has told his team it can’t be Matt Burton’s job alone to fill Nathan Cleary’s boots when Penrith return without their suspended halfback on Sunday. The Panthers will …

Brisbane are among four AFL clubs vying to enter teams in the VFL from next year as the axe looms on their second-tier competition. Since 2011, the Lions, Gold Coast, …

The NRL say they are satisfied with ASADA’s version of events on why it took six months for Bronson Xerri to be told he’d tested positive to banned substances. Xerri …

Jockey Rachel King is building a handy record aboard progressive gelding Soldier Of Love, with the pair joining forces for another city win at Rosehill. The Bjorn Baker-trained Soldier Of …

Classy Gold Coast filly Vanna Girl again emphasised her versatility with a storming win in the Listed Pam O’Neill Stakes at Doomben. Jockey Brad Stewart was able to angle Vanna …

Sydney filly September Run has completed her lightning mission to give champion trainer Chris Waller his first stakes winner of the winter carnival at Doomben. September Run ($6) went straight …

Lindsay Gough produced one of the training performances of the year to get Right Or Wrong to win his first race in more than four years at Doomben. Gough rated …

Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace continue to plunder Sydney’s juvenile races, with Anders delivering their third two-year-old city win this month. Promising filly Macroura scored a brace of wins …

Prodigious Fremantle forward Jesse Hogan will fly with his Dockers teammates to their Gold Coast quarantine hub for the AFL season restart. The former Melbourne spearhead has battled serious injuries …

Sydney Roosters lock Victor Radley will be rubbed out of next week’s clash with Brisbane unless he beats a dangerous throw charge at the judiciary. Radley was hit with a …

Canterbury coach Dean Pay has put his faith in hooker Jeremy Marshall-King as a player of the future after the club distanced themselves from Andrew McCullough. Marshall-King will play his …

Lance Franklin has been encouraged to drop weight to prolong his AFL career following the Sydney superstar’s latest injury setback. The veteran Swans forward could miss more than half the …

Trainer Chris Waller has declared the Caulfield Cup as a spring target for Kinane after pulling the pin on his winter campaign. Waller said the Frank Packer Plate winner had …

Promising filly Dzsenifer effectively ended the JJ Atkins hopes of her rivals when she won at the Gold Coast. Racing Queensland introduced Friday metropolitan level meetings at the Gold Coast …

If one play could typify Brett Morris’ steely determination in defence, this was it. Morris showed again on Friday night that age is no barrier as he pulled off the …

Wayne Bennett won’t guarantee James Roberts’ return next week against Melbourne as he continues to put his centre’s wellbeing first. Roberts sat out Friday night’s loss to the Sydney Roosters, …

Rather than point the finger at Ash Taylor, Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook has challenged his forward pack to lift after the Titans slumped to their 14th straight NRL defeat. …

It wasn’t quite vintage Valentine Holmes. But North Queensland coach Paul Green has warned the former Cronulla premiership winner’s best is not far away. Holmes finally blew off the rust …