Hawthorn vice-captain Liam Shiels was 11 games into his AFL career when he last played in a match against Essendon that was this big. The 180-game veteran says there will …
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Parramatta’s clash with the Gold Coast on Saturday night shapes as an almost must-win battle for the Eels if they are to avoid their third wooden spoon in seven years. …
Continue reading Eels’ Titans clash begins spoon battleThe prospect of one more pre-season has proven too much for veteran Newcastle forward Chris Heighington. The ex-England international has announced he will retire at the end of the 2018 …
Continue reading Knights’ Heighington to end NRL careerNorth Melbourne’s push to the AFL finals has suffered a setback with star midfielder Shaun Higgins undergoing knee surgery. The 30-year-old had minor arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on …
Continue reading Kangaroos AFL ace Higgins has knee surgeryA week after Gillon McLachlan was shot down for his suggestion, the AFL has confirmed it will use a VFL game to trial two proposed rule changes. Saturday’s Coburg-Werribee match …
Continue reading AFL to trial two rule changes in VFL gameCanberra Raiders’ Siliva Havili thinks a rugby league Test between Tonga and Australia would transcend sport. Havili has played nine matches for Tonga, including starting at hooker in the Pacific …
Continue reading Raider Havili backs Tonga-Kangaroos TestGreater Western Sydney’s Jeremy Cameron won’t ditch his trademark aggression after serving a five-match ban for a high hit but the returning forward admits he must be smarter on the …
Continue reading Cameron tweaks his AFL game for GWS returnWest Coast defender Tom Cole dedicates every game to his late father and hopes his “old man” is watching his footy career from above. Cole’s father Russell died in March …
Continue reading Eagle Cole doing it for late dad in AFLAndrew McCullough may yet require finger surgery at the end of the NRL season but the Queensland hooker is more worried about overcoming a State of Origin hangover. The Brisbane …
Continue reading Broncos’ McCullough nursing injured fingerFrom having his lights knocked out to lining up on the two players leading the race for the Coleman Medal. Harris Andrews hasn’t exactly had an easy re-integration to the …
Continue reading Nightmare AFL return for Lion AndrewsJames Maloney is slowly returning to full fitness after niggling injuries left him in a post-State of Origin daze for Penrith. The NSW five-eighth admitted he was “a little bit …
Continue reading Maloney almost back to full fitnessJames Slipper will make his return from a two-month drug suspension as part of an Australian Super Rugby selection that will put the Wallabies through their paces before the Bledisloe …
Continue reading Slipper to make comeback against WallabiesDynamic Springboks wing Aphiwe Dyantyi has been cleared of injury and will play for the Lions in the Super Rugby final against the Crusaders. A relieved Swys de Bruin has …
Continue reading Lions fully fit for Super Rugby finalAnthony Don will have a clear shot at becoming the Gold Coast’s greatest ever try-scorer after he signed a new two-year deal at the NRL club. Don, who was off-contract …
Continue reading Is Don, is good as signed for Gold CoastKementari has been posted the $2 favourite in first markets on the Group Two Missile Stakes but Pierata’s trainer Greg Hickman believes there are a few things in favour of …
Continue reading Missile Stakes: Pierata out to turn the tables on KementariVictorian trainers Lee and Shannon Hope had no reason to cheat and did not give three of their horses cobalt to enhance their performances in races, their barrister says. The …
Continue reading Trainers Lee and Shannon Hope deny cheatingJames McDonald has snared the ride on Menari in the $13 million Everest. Trainer Gerald Ryan says McDonald has committed to the George Altomonte-owned Menari who will run in the …
Continue reading James McDonald booked for The Everest ridePremier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan will get a guide on the spring prospects of his rising three-year-olds Ef Troop and Outback Barbie when they run in barrier trials at Doomben. …
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