Port Adelaide have been dealt a major AFL injury blow with another foot injury set to sideline Paddy Ryder for up to six weeks. Scans have revealed the Power ruckman …
Continue reading Port AFL ruckman Ryder out for six weeksBrisbane NRL recruit Jack Bird admits he might need to “slim down” a little bit but says he couldn’t care less about supporters sledging him as overweight. The utility made …
Continue reading Bird happy with weight despite fat sledgesWHERE MANLY’S SALARY CAP PENALTY RANKS * 2002 – Ladder-leaders Canterbury are stripped of 37 competition points, ruling them out of the 2002 finals series, and fined $500,000 for salary …
Continue reading How Manly’s salary cap penalty stacks upCaptain Trent Cotchin is expected to play in Richmond’s AFL grand final rematch against Adelaide, despite spending Sunday night in hospital. Thursday night’s Adelaide Oval clash will also be his …
Continue reading Cotchin has scare, but should play in AFLTodd Greenberg will consider strengthening salary cap laws as the game grows tired of deliberate breaches of the law. The NRL’s final determination against Manly on Monday included findings that …
Continue reading NRL considers tougher cap punishmentsThe NRL has identified two spectators who they claim abused South Sydney star Greg Inglis last weekend, issuing them with breach notices. Inglis made a complaint to Rabbitohs management last …
Continue reading NRL give breach notices for Inglis abuseWallabies coach Michael Cheika expects Six Nations grand slam champions Ireland to bring their strongest possible squad for the June series in Australia and isn’t surprised by their rise up …
Continue reading Cheika not surprised by Irish rugby riseWest Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui is confident he can play out the entire AFL season, as long as he uses his smarts over the next few weeks. Naitanui made a …
Continue reading Naitanui upbeat over AFL fitnessCollingwood key forward Mason Cox has been slapped with a one-game AFL ban for striking Daniel Howe, while teammate Brayden Maynard faces a fine for staging. Cox caught Howe high …
Continue reading Cox, Robinson hit with AFL suspensionsParramatta co-captain Tim Mannah is confident his side can turn around their horror start to the NRL season despite confirmation star Jarryd Hayne will be sidelined for at least two …
Continue reading Mannah puts faith in Hayne-less EelsManly claim they have strong grounds for appeal against the NRL after they were hit with two years of salary cap deductions and heavy fines for widespread breaches. NRL chief …
Continue reading Manly consider salary cap appealNorth Queensland fullback Lachlan Coote has inched closer to making his NRL season debut after returning to training with the team on Monday. Coote has yet to appear this season …
Continue reading Cowboys’ Coote inches closer to NRL returnLuke Hodge has seen enough of Cameron Rayner to know Brisbane’s No.1 draft pick is destined for AFL superstardom. Rayner made an instant impression in his debut for the Lions …
Continue reading Rayner a future AFL ‘jet’ for Lions: HodgeBrisbane are bracing for a fortnight in the NRL without strike weapon Corey Oates and powerhouse forward Tevita Pangai Jr. The pair both suffered injuries in the Broncos’ golden-point 9-7 …
Continue reading Oates, Pangai out injured for BroncosCollingwood defender Lynden Dunn says no one at the AFL club wants to punish Mason Cox for his round one AFL no-show. Instead, Dunn says two-thirds of the Magpies should …
Continue reading Magpies target aerial improvement in AFLKEY QUESTIONS FROM MANLY’S SALARY CAP BREACHES * WHAT DID THEY DO? NRL Integrity Unit investigators uncovered more than $1.5 million in promised payments to 13 players during negotiations over …
Continue reading How Manly’s salary cap breaches unfoldedAs bad as it was, Gold Coast forward Jarrod Wallace knows it can get worse. The Queensland Origin prop only needs to look ahead to this weekend’s opponents Brisbane to …
Continue reading Embarrassed Wallace vows to step upCourtney Gum’s meteoric rise through the AFLW has earned the GWS midfielder a runaway win in the players association awards. The 36-year-old easily topped the most valuable player voting for …
Continue reading By Gum, Courtney wins major AFLW award

