Brisbane coach Chris Fagan knows Saturday’s AFL clash with Hawthorn at the Gabba looms as a crucial match for both clubs. The Lions are sixth on the ladder with a …
Continue reading Fagan expects red-hot AFL clash with HawksTears, anger and regret filled the room when AFL players – Indigenous and non-Indigenous – watched screenings of the Adam Goodes documentary ‘The Final Quarter’. Indigenous players were given a …
Continue reading Players open up on confronting Goodes docoWhenever Greg Inglis took to the football field he believed. Believed in his talent and believed in himself. For Queensland centre Will Chambers, that’s the biggest lesson he learnt playing …
Continue reading Inglis lesson inspires Qld centre ChambersSt Kilda tall utility Blake Acres has missed training in Shanghai because of illness, two days out from their AFL clash with Port Adeladie. Acres spent Friday afternoon resting at …
Continue reading Acres ill, misses Saints’ AFL trainingThey’re Super Rugby finals hopes may be shot, but the Queensland Reds can still restore some pride to the Australian conference with victory over the red-hot Jaguares on Saturday night. …
Continue reading Reds plotting Super upset over JaguaresQueensland star Will Chambers has joined NSW rivals Cody Walker and Josh Addo-Carr by announcing he won’t sing the national anthem at next week’s State of Origin opener. Chambers says …
Continue reading Chambers joins NSW Origin anthem boycottSt Kilda have leaned on their go-to man Billy Slater for advice on how to handle the trip to Shanghai for their AFL match against Port Adelaide. The rugby league …
Continue reading Saints lean on go-to Slater for AFL tripInspired by mentor Billy Slater, Kalyn Ponga is itching to unleash his freakish talent from fullback in this year’s State of Origin series. The 21-year-old’s form coming into the Origin …
Continue reading Ponga ready to roam in Origin for MaroonsFormer teammate Harry Taylor says Daniel Menzel will add plenty of football smarts to an uncommonly tall Sydney attack when he plays his first AFL match for his new club …
Continue reading Daniel Menzel to take on old AFL teammatesThe half a dozen stitches above Tom Jonas’ eye meant Travis Boak returned to a part of the AFL he happily had left behind. Jonas’ banged-up face thanks to a …
Continue reading Port’s Boak thriving with new AFL outlookTyson Frizell has declared himself unperturbed by his interrupted build-up for the State of Origin series opener, saying he’s confident of being able to do his job on the Blues’ …
Continue reading Frizell says he’s a certain Origin starterRicky Stuart is banking on a heavy dose of youthful exuberance to arrest Canberra’s alarming NRL losing streak. After a flying start to the season, the Raiders have suffered three-straight …
Continue reading Canberra NRL young guns must ‘step up’Tyson Frizell has declared himself a certain starter for next week’s State of Origin opener despite again being wrapped in cotton wool during NSW training. For the first time during …
Continue reading Frizell declares himself a certain starterFremantle’s Rory Lobb has dreamy eyes when he stares into the forward line, but will an afternoon spent with Brodie Grundy change his tune? When Lobb was traded from GWS …
Continue reading Dockers back Lobb for Grundy AFL showdownApproaching the halfway point of what GWS hope will be their march to a maiden AFL premiership, there is no doubting they are a fitter, happier and more productive team …
Continue reading GWS’s giant AFL gains compared to 2018Exiled Carlton veteran Dale Thomas will have to fight his way back into the AFL side after he completes his one-match ban for drinking alcohol against team rules. Embattled coach …
Continue reading Thomas must earn back AFL spot with BluesAdelaide coach Don Pyke has launched a spirited defence of his co-captain Taylor Walker, saying the AFL industry is too quick to “pot” players. Walker has endured a week in …
Continue reading Crows AFL coach defends co-captain WalkerAdelaide coach Don Pyke says doubt hovers over the fitness of Tom Lynch and others for Saturday night’s AFL game against Melbourne. Emergencies David Mackay and Riley Knight flew with …
Continue reading Crows fly with doubt over players: Pyke
