They’re no strangers to preliminary finals but Richmond coach Damien Hardwick admits the journey to this year’s grand-final qualifier is as tough as it could have been for his club. …
Continue reading Road-weary Tigers prepare to face PowerHe doesn’t claim to ooze the cool of Kalyn Ponga but AJ Brimson has returned from injury armed with the speed and strength to replace the NRL superstar at fullback …
Continue reading Brimson bolts in to fill Ponga’s Qld bootsAfter opening equal favourites on Friday night, Port Adelaide is currently the marginal $1.85 favourite at TAB to defeat Richmond ($1.95) in their preliminary final at the Adelaide Oval on …
Continue reading AFL Preliminary Finals Odds and Betting Preview – 2020Port Adelaide’s players are bracing for a ferocious physical assault from Richmond in a fiery Friday night AFL preliminary final. Power assistant coach Michael Voss expects the finals-hardened Tigers to …
Continue reading Port expect Richmond assault in AFL finalAndy Murray has suffered another first-round elimination, this time at the Cologne Indoors at the hands of out-of-form veteran Fernando Verdasco. Verdasco exploited Murray’s fragile serve to win 6-4 6-4 …
Continue reading Murray makes first-round ATP exitGeelong are stepping up their chase for Jeremy Cameron with Cats chief executive Brian Cook declaring they want the star Greater Western Sydney forward “big time”. The 2019 Coleman medallist, …
Continue reading Cats want GWS forward Cameron ‘big time’The last time Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad featured in a Suncorp Stadium match involving the Melbourne Storm he scored five tries. It was 2015 and the now Canberra fullback was the success …
Continue reading Raiders fullback a Victorian success storyThe carnage of Cronulla’s season is set to leak into next year with Shaun Johnson set to miss the first two months of Cronulla’s 2021 NRL campaign. The 30-year-old has …
Continue reading Johnson set to miss third of NRL seasonFourth-seeded Karen Khachanov has beaten Australian James Duckworth 6-4 6-4 at the St Petersburg Open to set up a second round meeting with wild card and fellow Russian Aslan Karatsev. …
Continue reading Duckworth eliminated at St Petersburg OpenAs Gary Ablett prepares for what could be his last AFL game, his Geelong teammates are acutely aware of the ramifications a loss to Brisbane would have for the retiring …
Continue reading Ablett flag send-off not Cats’ motivationCameron Murray is heading into his third preliminary final in as many seasons and struggles to put into words what a NRL premiership would mean to him. The 22-year-old grew …
Continue reading Murray motivated by past NRL finals lossesDouble world champion Fernando Alonso said he was ready for a fresh start as he tested the latest Renault Formula One car in Barcelona on Tuesday. The Spaniard, a two-times …
Continue reading Renault test signals new start for AlonsoCollingwood star Adam Treloar says he never thought once about leaving the Magpies despite his partner signing a deal to play netball in Queensland. The rumour mill went into a …
Continue reading Treloar remains committed to CollingwoodAll Blacks halfback Aaron Smith gave a scathing assessment of his performance in last weekend’s Bledisloe Cup Test as New Zealand continued to pick at the scabs of the 16-16 …
Continue reading All Blacks must make things right: SmithScone trainer Brett Cavanough is delighted with how stable stars It’s Me and Fender have worked in the lead up to their assault on the $1.3 million Kosciuszko at Randwick. …
Continue reading The Kosciuszko favourite is on song for raceMatt Cumani will take a special interest in the Coongy Cup as he is hoping the winner will be a horse who won’t back up in the Caulfield Cup. As …
Continue reading Trainer sweats on a start in the Caulfield Cup fieldMelbourne’s Ryan Papenhuyzen will be on high alert for the “Tommy Gun” move from livewire Canberra hooker Tom Starling when the pair cross paths in Friday night’s NRL preliminary final. …
Continue reading Papenhuyzen ready for Raiders rookieJust over a year after he resigned as Adelaide coach, Don Pyke has joined Sydney as John Longmire’s assistant. Pyke was the Crows’ senior coach for four years between 2016 …
Continue reading Former Crows AFL coach Pyke joins Swans


