Bjorn Baker cannot fault the free-wheeling Samadoubt ahead of the gelding’s quest to win a third feature race at Randwick in as many months. Samadoubt led all the way to …
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France coach Jacques Brunel has expressed his surprise at the presence of Dan Biggar in Wales’ line-up for Sunday’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final after the five-eighth sustained two concussions during …
Continue reading France query concussed Biggar’s RWC returnThe fate of Nature Strip’s Everest quest will be determined in the first few hundred meters of the race, according to his jockey Tim Clark. The horse brings an X-factor …
Continue reading Nature Strip the X-factor in $14m The EverestTodd Blowes can hardly believe his luck, boasting a live chance in the $1.3 million Kosciuszko two years into his training career. The Queanbeyan trainer will drive up the Hume …
Continue reading Noble Boy ready for The KosciuszkoThe question surrounding Miss Leonidas is whether she can repeat the performance of a narrow second to Nature Strip at her most recent start. If she can, it will take …
Continue reading Miss Leonidas drops in class in Caulfield Sprint fieldNew Zealand Derby winner Crown Prosecutor has been scratched from the $5 million Caulfield Cup with a leg issue. The gelding was scratched on Friday afternoon, with first emergency Sound …
Continue reading Crown Prosecutor scratched from Caulfield CupAlmost four years after riding Red Verdon to a maiden win in the West Midlands region of England, Pat Cosgrave will reunite with the stayer on the other side of …
Continue reading Pat Cosgrave gets another chance in the Caulfield CupRacing authorities and participants have expressed their horror at vision of horses being slaughtered at a Queensland abattoir and say everyone must continue to work together to re-home and re-train …
Continue reading Authorities want national racing registerAll Black young guns Jack Goodhue and Anton Lienert-Brown have been backed to provide the firepower to shoot down Ireland in their World Cup quarter-final showdown. Coach Steve Hansen has …
Continue reading Hansen backs young NZ midfield for IrishWhen the Wallabies went into the tunnel at halftime of their opening Rugby World Cup match trailing Fiji, an unidentifiable voice was picked up on the referee’s microphone yelling “Wake …
Continue reading Now or never for Wallabies to fire: HooperTonga’s World Cup Nines campaign is in disarray after being stunned 30-7 by the Cook Islands in their tournament opener at Bankwest Stadium. Considered the most likely of the second-tier …
Continue reading Cook Islands put Tonga’s Nines in turmoilInfluential halfback Antoine Dupont has been passed fit France’s World Cup quarter-final against Wales on Sunday. Dupont, who Wales head coach Warren Gatland believes is one of the world’s best …
Continue reading Dupont named in France team to face WalesFormer Junior Wallabies captain and ex-Waratahs outside back Andrew Kellaway has signed with the Melbourne Rebels for the 2020 Super Rugby season. The 24-year-old will arrive for pre-season training in …
Continue reading Kellaway joins Rebels for 2020 Super RugbyThe boss of a major Gold Coast sponsor has apologised to captain Ryan James after the NRL favourite was controversially implicated in the company’s intent to sever ties with the …
Continue reading Titans sponsor apologises for James gaffeThey were teammates in the 1980s, firebrands for one of Australia’s most storied rugby clubs. Three decades on, Eddie Jones and Michael Cheika are bickering coaches with an often-gnarly relationship …
Continue reading Cheika-Jones rivalry to hit a crescendoJapan have made one injury-enforced change to the starting line-up for Sunday’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against South Africa, bringing Ryohei Yamanaka in at fullback in place of William Tupou. …
Continue reading Japan change fullback for RWC quarterStar St Kilda midfielder Dan Hannebery will have a late start to pre-season training after breaking a bone in his right foot in a fall down some stairs. The 28-year-old …
Continue reading Star Saint Hannebery in AFL foot setbackEngland’s Ben Youngs has returned serve at his former Wallabies clubmate Matt To’omua in the tongue-in-cheek sledging contest that has emerged on the eve of the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. …
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