Essendon will challenge Dylan Shiel’s two-match suspension for rough conduct at the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday night. Shiel’s bump on North Melbourne’s Curtis Taylor during the Bombers’ 14-point win on …
Continue reading Bombers to contest Shiel’s AFL banFormer Canterbury duo Jayden Okunbor and Corey Harawira-Naera have successfully appealed their sacking and could play NRL again this season. Okunbor and Harawira-Naera were de-registered earlier this year following a …
Continue reading NRL overturn sacking of ex-Bulldogs duoNRL head of football Graham Annesley admits the league can’t demote any of their three video referees because they have no one else qualified to do the job. For a …
Continue reading NRL can’t demote video referees: AnnesleyHealth experts and NRL executives will hold a video conference on Monday evening to decide how to deal with two players in ‘COVID-hold’ in isolation from their clubs. On Monday, …
Continue reading NRL consult experts over COVID-19 scaresPort Adelaide’s new-found growth in maturity has been accelerated by the impact of the coronavirus on the AFL season, assistant coach Michael Voss says. Voss believes the short-term focus necessary …
Continue reading Voss hails maturity of AFL leaders PortSydney coach John Longmire says Damien Hardwick has apologised to him for post-match comments the Swans’ mentor felt were unnecessary, unwarranted and incorrect. After Richmond ground out a 4.10 (34) …
Continue reading Hardwick sorry for ‘defensive Swans’ spraySydney coach John Longmire is dealing with the worst injury crisis of his tenure, with Isaac Heeney ruled out for the rest of the AFL season and co-captain Josh Kennedy …
Continue reading Swans lose Heeney for rest of seasonHe has just returned from a fortnight on the sidelines for a high tackle and now St George Illawarra winger Jordan Pereira is facing two more weeks out of the …
Continue reading Dragons winger pinged for shoulder chargeAdelaide captain Rory Sloane will miss at least the next month of AFL matches because of a broken thumb. Sloane will have surgery on a fracture at the base of …
Continue reading Blow for Crows as captain Sloane ruled outNorth Melbourne tagger Luke McDonald has apologised to Essendon’s Conor McKenna for his on-field COVID-19 taunt but coach Rhyce Shaw doesn’t expect any sanction from the AFL. As players scuffled …
Continue reading North tagger apologises for McKenna tauntThe struggles of Queensland’s NRL sides have not gone unnoticed by the state’s Super Rugby team, who have spied a chance to win over their own long-suffering fans and perhaps …
Continue reading Reds spy opening as Qld NRL teams struggleCanterbury have become entangled in the Crossroads Hotel COVID-19 cluster with NRL centre Jake Averillo stood down from training and forced into isolation. The 19-year-old Averillo lives at home with …
Continue reading Bulldog in isolation over COVID-19 fearCarlton defender Liam Jones says there’s “no limit” on what the Blues can achieve after jumping into the AFL top eight for the first time since 2013. The Blues delivered …
Continue reading ‘No limit’ in AFL for in-form Blues: JonesSouth Sydney star Damien Cook has backhanded criticism Latrell Mitchell’s NRL ban is not tough enough, as Wests Tigers privately fume over the fullback’s punishment. Mitchell accepted a two-match ban …
Continue reading Leilua, Mitchell hits not the same: SouthsMelbourne players believe camp Sunshine Coast can make them stronger as they try to embrace the toughest barrier placed in front of any NRL premiership contender. The Storm are all …
Continue reading Families free as Storm embrace Qld campJarrod Croker reckons he’ll never get over last year’s grand-final heartache but insists it won’t be the motivation that fuels him against the Sydney Roosters on Thursday night. Canberra have …
Continue reading Raiders’ long Roosters wait finally overThere are challengers aplenty in the pursuit of the 2020 AFL premiership with Collingwood, Greater Western Sydney and West Coast $7 equal favourites at TAB. The Eagles were $13 before …
Continue reading 2020 AFL Premiership odds reshuffled after Round 6A week of intense worry and uncertainty lies ahead for the Warriors – something second-rower Isaiah Papali’i labels business as usual as they await the NRL fate of four homesick …
Continue reading Warriors brace for week of uncertainty

