Former coach John Hart is calling for an overhaul of the All Blacks front row, saying they were completely outplayed by the Wallabies big men in the Perth Bledisloe Cup …
Continue reading All Blacks props condemned by former coachNewly-signed Wallabies prop Taniela Tupou is used to being the odd man out in Auckland, so he’ll feel right at home heading into Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup showdown. Tupou, who penned …
Continue reading Wallabies prop Tupou signs new dealNRL enforcer Josh McGuire has turned to his club for support after receiving multiple death threats and online abuse. The North Queensland forward’s aggressive ruck-play has become a central talking …
Continue reading NRL’s McGuire cops online death threatsRafael Nadal successfully defended his Canadian Open title with a dominant straight-sets win over Russian Daniil Medvedev for a record-extending 35th ATP Masters triumph. With the US Open a fortnight …
Continue reading Nadal claims ATP Masters title No.35While it’s back to the drawing board with Vegadaze, Anthony Cummings has a spring in his step, and with good reason. The Randwick trainer is assembling what is arguably his …
Continue reading Cummings’ spring team gearing upKenedna will face a quality field when she launches her Caulfield Cup campaign in the P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s Group Two P B Lawrence (1400m) looms as …
Continue reading PB Lawrence Stakes return for KenednaTrainer Barry Baldwin is happy to ease fan favourite The Candy Man back into racing as he heads to the Group One Epsom Handicap. The Candy Man, the winner of …
Continue reading 2019 Epsom Handicap the target for The Candy ManAbsolute Flirt will clash with some classy fillies in the Quezette Stakes at Caulfield and her trainer Danny O’Brien hopes the sprinter has better luck than in her season return. …
Continue reading Quality fillies set to clash in Quezette StakesTrainer Colin Little is looking forward to the return of Vassilator despite delaying the Group One placegetter’s season kick-off by a week. Little had Vassilator entered for the Aurie’s Star …
Continue reading Vassilator to start spring campaign in Regal Roller StakesGlamour mares Arcadia Queen and Enticing Star will stay home a little while longer before trialling in public. The two Bob Peters-owned mares joined Chris Waller’s stable a few weeks …
Continue reading Stars set to bypass barrier trialsEngland coach Eddie Jones has slammed the red card shown to All Blacks lock Scott Barrett as “ridiculous”, saying the Wallabies were beneficiaries of another case of inconsistent Test refereeing. …
Continue reading Barrett red card ‘ridiculous’: Eddie JonesSerena Williams’ first US Open tune-up ended in dramatic fashion as the American retired with injury while trailing Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu 3-1 in the Rogers Cup final on Sunday. …
Continue reading Williams retires injured in Toronto finalAshleigh Barty will have her work cut out securing the US Open top seeding after copping a rugged draw for this week’s WTA Tour event in Cincinnati. Barty is top …
Continue reading Barty handed rough draw in CincinnatiSouth Sydney coach Wayne Bennett remains optimistic about his team’s NRL title chances despite falling short in their top-four clash with Melbourne. Playing without inspirational skipper Sam Burgess, the Rabbitohs …
Continue reading Bennett likes Rabbitohs’ title NRL claimsCraig Bellamy loves the stories about young kids fulfilling their NRL dreams, but he couldn’t help but chuckle when hearing of Nicho Hynes’ fantasy yarn. You know, the one about …
Continue reading Bellamy’s ‘fantasy’ jibe at Storm rookieEven if Adelaide miss the finals this year Crows fans have reason to rejoice – and the reason is Darcy Fogarty. The Crows’ finals hopes are on thin ice after …
Continue reading Crows unearth a future star AFL forwardWest Coast coach Adam Simpson says umpires had been right to penalise skipper Shannon Hurn for a deliberate rushed behind in Sunday’s 10-point AFL win over Adelaide. Hurn was under …
Continue reading AFL umpires were correct: Eagles coachAn experimental England squad beat a strong Wales team 33-19 at Twickenham on Sunday, as the hosts followed a typically abrasive first-half lead with a composed second-half performance. An England …
Continue reading England beat Wales 33-19 in WC warm-up


