Exciting rookie Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow has been named to replace star No.1 Valentine Holmes as North Queensland attempt to put their NRL season back on track against the Wests Tigers. Holmes …
Continue reading Cowboys turn to NRL young guns for TigersA curt Paul Green has brushed aside speculation he is under pressure as North Queensland coach, saying he is determined to break their NRL finals drought. After the Cowboys dropped …
Continue reading Cowboys coach Green not feeling pressureThe Western Bulldogs’ start to the AFL season is becoming a nightmare with key defender Easton Wood to miss a month due to a quad injury. After a horror defeat …
Continue reading Bulldogs’ Wood out injured for four weeksNRL clubs could return to their traditional homes as soon as round eight, with Canberra working with the ACT government to come back to GIO Stadium. The Raiders on Tuesday …
Continue reading Raiders apply to return home to CanberraChristian Lealiifano is still making his mark at the Brumbies, using his downtime from playing in Japan to help out young playmaker Noah Lolesio. The former Wallabies No.10 handed the …
Continue reading Lealiifano back to help Brumbies’ LolesioWarrnambool trainer Matthew Williams is planning to give Cox Plate hopeful Harbour Views one more start this winter in a bid to improve his rating ahead of a spring campaign. …
Continue reading Harbour Views out to improve 2020 Cox Plate claimsPurchased to be a major player in the spring, import Ventura Storm has made the transition to jump racing by scoring at his first run over hurdles at Ballarat. The …
Continue reading Ventura Storm scores a debut hurdle winNew Zealand trainer Jamie Richards may have lost one of his stars Te Akau Shark but he still has a strong contingent gearing up for the spring. Te Akau Shark …
Continue reading NZ stable eyeing Melbourne spring carnival richesTwo stayers well known to Australian racing fans will try to deny Europe’s star stayer Stradivarius a hat-trick of wins in the Royal Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday. The field …
Continue reading Cross Counter and Prince Of Arran in Ascot Gold CupBrandon Smith usually comes off the bench and bounces around an NRL game like a pinball but the Melbourne ace is learning to manage his time as a starting prop. …
Continue reading Smith relishing Storm starting prop roleGWS coach Leon Cameron hopes renewing their modern-day rivalry with the Western Bulldogs will spark the AFL flag contenders to life. The much-hyped Giants were shown up at home on …
Continue reading Giants poised for AFL test with rival DogsFremantle forward Jesse Hogan is back in ‘beast mode’ on the training track, and that could spell bad news for Port Adelaide on Sunday night. Hogan looms as a likely …
Continue reading Hogan in ‘beast mode’ at Dockers trainingThe Warriors have negotiated all manner of obstacles this NRL season but admit they’re revelling in one major bonus – no regular Trans-Tasman travel. Three games into their Australian odyssey, …
Continue reading Travel reduction a big bonus for WarriorsBrisbane coach Anthony Seibold admits he has “some regrets” about releasing Andrew McCullough after being forced to sign veteran Issac Luke to bolster hooker depth. Former New Zealand international Luke …
Continue reading Seibold regrets McCullough releaseIt isn’t how he once pictured it, but in 249 AFL games Grant Birchall has learnt never to take anything for granted. The four-time Hawthorn premiership player will be wearing …
Continue reading Birchall eyes second AFL life in BrisbaneHe was supposed to flourish under the NRL’s radical six-again rule. Instead Damien Cook admits the changes have dramatically tightened up opposition defences, leaving him in search of his first …
Continue reading Rabbitohs’ Cook simmers on new NRL ruleNick Kyrgios says US Open officials are “selfish” amid reports the New York grand slam will go ahead as scheduled this year. Forbes says the United States Tennis Association will …
Continue reading Kyrgios swipe at plans to host US OpenSouthern hemisphere rugby’s push for a global calendar has been batted away by European clubs, drawing a sharp rebuke from the New Zealand boss. NZ Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson …
Continue reading European clubs stall global rugby talks
