Penrith have gone from being close-to-the-worst in the NRL for errors and missed tackles to the competition’s best as the stats bear witness to their stunning 2020 turnaround. Sitting second …
Continue reading Panthers peer up thanks to 2020 turnaroundMelbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien rates this year’s Winter Championship Series Final as a strong editional of the Listed race at Flemington but he is happy to be saddling up …
Continue reading Plein Ciel in form for the Winter Championship Series FinalA filly whose yearling X-rays almost condemned her to life as a broodmare will chase her third career win at Randwick, a track which also holds family significance. The Joe …
Continue reading Filly defying science and chases a hat-trickThe rapid rise of Tony Gollan as Queensland’s premier trainer will again be emphasised if Nicci’s Spirit can give him his 50th Listed race win. Gollan has trained 62 stakes …
Continue reading Tony Gollan chases a 50th Listed race winKodi Nikorima has felt the NRL furnace at the both Brisbane and Auckland and can testify that any crisis reaches boiling point faster at the Broncos. The Warriors five-eighth has …
Continue reading More pressure at Broncos than NZ: NikorimaMillion-dollar earner Fiesta returns to her pet distance as she aims to add to trainer Chris Waller’s impressive feature race record for Denise Martin’s Star Thoroughbreds. Fiesta will be having …
Continue reading Fiesta returns to favourite distance in Bright Shadow QualityWest Australian trainer Neville Parnham is at a loss to explain the last-start failure from Malibu Style and is hoping to see him bounce back in his defence of the …
Continue reading Malibu Style out to bounce back in All Victorian Sprint Series FinalEnglish King headlines a final field of 16 declared for the Investec Derby at Epsom. Ed Walker’s charge booked his place in the Classic line-up with an impressive victory in …
Continue reading Final field declared for the Epsom DerbyDisqualified Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie had some of his penalties for presenting horses to race with prohibited substances reduced on appeal. Currie, who was the leading trainer in Queensland on …
Continue reading Ben Currie has penalties reduced on appealCo-trainer Calvin McEvoy believes two-year-old filly Toyz On Fire has taken big strides forward in her first racing preparation which has brought a late-season stakes race at Flemington into focus. …
Continue reading Toyz On Fire on target for Listed Taj Rossi Series FinalCronulla coach John Morris is convinced mighty Melbourne and the Sydney Roosters have set the benchmark for their NRL challengers with Thursday night’s epic golden-point thriller. Dubbed “the greatest game …
Continue reading Sharks shown the standard: MorrisMichael Stolberg’s rugby journey has taken him halfway around the world and now away from his baby daughter. The giant lock will make his debut for the Melbourne Rebels against …
Continue reading Whirlwind rugby journey for new RebelBrumbies skipper Allan Alaalatoa says each game in the Super Rugby AU competition will feel like a final, starting with their round one clash with Melbourne in Canberra on Saturday …
Continue reading Brumbies treat Super rounds like a finalBrisbane coach Chris Fagan is confident his team has enough depth to come up trumps even if Port Adelaide physically target Lachie Neale again in Saturday night’s top-four clash. Neale …
Continue reading Will the Power batter Lachie Neale again?The Rugby League Players’ Association claim Canterbury star Adam Elliott was filmed illegally and without his consent before being leaked to media this week. Footage emerged on Thursday of a …
Continue reading Filming of Elliott non-consensual: RLPAThe Sydney Roosters have taken another hit with Daniel Tupou set to be sidelined with an ankle problem suffered in their loss to Melbourne. Tupou left the field early in …
Continue reading Tupou added to Roosters’ NRL casualty wardThe announcement from the AFL that all 10 Victorian clubs will be relocating to hubs for the foreseeable future at the end of Round 5 has affected the 2020 AFL …
Continue reading 2020 AFL Premiership Odds get a shake-up with Victorian clubs relocatingThe 2021 Australian Open will proceed in Melbourne – and Melbourne only – despite Victoria’s alarming COVID-19 spike. Victoria on Friday reported another 66 coronavirus cases, the 17th straight day …
Continue reading Melbourne to keep Australian Open: Tiley


