Hawthorn have dropped Ryan Burton and St Kilda have axed veteran midfielder David Armitage for Sunday’s AFL matches. The Hawks say they are concerned about Burton’s form after his round-one …
Continue reading Saints, Hawks make big AFL selection callsA LOOK AT THE 2018 BIG -NAME NRL TRANSFERS: * Ben Hunt Rating: 9 Some baulked when St George Illawarra offered Hunt a $6 million six-year deal but he’s lived …
Continue reading NRL transfers – some fire and some flailFerrari have reviewed pit-stop procedures after a mechanic at Formula One’s Bahrain Grand Prix had been mowed down and left a with a broken leg. Francesco Cigarini suffered a fractured …
Continue reading Ferrari F1 pit review after horror injuryMichael Oakman-Hunt will go from toiling away in club rugby to a probable Super Rugby debut for the Brumbies within a week. A whirlwind seven days for the 25-year-old university …
Continue reading Brumbies’ debutant up to Super Rugby taskIt will be all hands on deck for winless Carlton as they try to nullify North Melbourne AFL forward Ben Brown. Brown, who is the third-highest goal scorer with 10.2 …
Continue reading Blues plot to nullify Roos’ Brown in AFLCanberra’s UNSW Oval has become a fortress for Greater Western Sydney and co-captain Phil Davis is determined it stays that way. The Giants have won seven AFL games straight at …
Continue reading AFL Giants feel at home in Canberra: DavisGeelong remain unsure when key defenders Lachie Henderson and Harry Taylor will return from injury. It’s been a bad week at Geelong for injuries and coach Chris Scott says there’s …
Continue reading Cats’ AFL defender could need more surgeryRichmond boss Brendon Gale is biting his tongue after the Victorian government’s pre-election funding splurge on AFL venues bypassed Punt Road. Gale chose his words carefully, saying he was surprised …
Continue reading Tigers unimpressed with AFL funding newsThe return of West Coast AFL forward Josh Kennedy has presented a problem for Adam Simpson, and the fifth-year coach is thanking his lucky stars. Kennedy missed the opening three …
Continue reading Kennedy a welcome AFL problem for EaglesWarriors revelation Blake Green is taking little comfort from Brisbane’s stuttering start to the NRL season. Brisbane will run out in Auckland on Saturday night after back-to-back defeats that have …
Continue reading Warriors wary of stumbling BroncosCracking 90,000 AFL club members isn’t chicken poo. Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale says he is surprised their membership has climbed so steeply on the back of last year’s drought-breaking …
Continue reading Tigers AFL members record surprises GaleTwo-time Coleman medallist Josh Kennedy will make his AFL return this weekend but Eagles coach Adam Simpson says it might take time for his team’s forward line to adapt. Kennedy …
Continue reading Kennedy return to boost Eagles’ AFL attackDon’t be surprised if over the next few days Canterbury coach Dean Pay sends Penrith great Greg Alexander a card with a message enclosed saying “thanks for nothing”. Before the …
Continue reading Thurston out to prove NRL doubters wrongRichmond coach Damien Hardwick is in trouble on the home front again, this time incurring the wrath of his son for the Jack Higgins’ AFL demotion. The premiership-winning mentor occasionally …
Continue reading Hardwick cops son’s wrath for AFL callHawthorn will be happy if Melbourne targets ball magnet Tom Mitchell with a specific stopper like Bernie Vince at the MCG on Sunday. Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson said such a …
Continue reading No point trying stop Mitchell: AFL HawksMelbourne Rebels feel it’s make or break time for their Super Rugby finals ambitions, starting with the clash against the Jaguares. Fullback Dane Haylett-Petty will line up against the Argentine …
Continue reading Crucial period for Rebels: Haylett-PettyWaratahs captain Michael Hooper has shot down suggestions the NSW-Queensland rivalry has lost its intensity as his side prepares to lock horn with the Reds in a retro Super Rugby …
Continue reading Waratahs-Reds rivalry as intense as everRicky Stuart says Canberra’s gutsy drought-breaking NRL victory over Canterbury has “shoved it straight back” in the face of critics. His Raiders had been under the pump after going 0-4 …
Continue reading Raiders silence their NRL critics: Stuart


