Richmond assistant coach Justin Leppitsch is backing their mosquito fleet to make the difference in the AFL grand final. Adelaide will start favourites on Saturday at the MCG, but Leppitsch …
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Australia’s men’s rugby sevens team will use the women’s success as motivation when they try to climb up the rankings this season. Slumping to sixth following last season’s World Sevens …
Continue reading Rugby sevens men inspired by women’s riseChampion Winx has arrived safely in Melbourne ahead of her next scheduled race at Flemington. The Chris Waller-trained mare travelled from her Rosehill base in Sydney to the trainer’s Flemington …
Continue reading Winx arrives in Melbourne ahead of Turnbull StakesThree-time AFL premiership player Steve Johnson will stay in Sydney in retirement to take up a coaching role with the Swans. The former Geelong and Greater Western Sydney star has …
Continue reading Swans pounce on Johnson for coaching roleSamu Kerevi says he is working overtime on fixing the one part of his game that continually lets him down: defence. The Wallabies powerhouse is one of the team’s most …
Continue reading Kerevi admits defence is Achilles heelRichmond coach Damien Hardwick knew he needed to change. The Tigers had finished the 2016 season in 13th place – their worst performance since Hardwick’s first year in charge in …
Continue reading Revitalised Hardwick sets tone for TigersDepending which corner you’re in, Sunday’s NRL grand final is all about Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater and redemption and validation for the Melbourne Storm. Or Michael Morgan, Jason …
Continue reading Storm v Cowboys NRL grand final has it allAdrian Bott has likened Pandemonium to the most recent of Tulloch Lodge’s nine Flight Stakes winners as the filly tries to reignite her spring in the Group One race. Pandemonium …
Continue reading Pandemonium set to reign in Flight Stakes FieldTrainer John Sadler says Charmed Harmony won’t know himself with the limit weight in a Group One Handicap at Caulfield. The Caulfield-trained galloper runs in Sunday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes …
Continue reading Trainer thinks his runner is over the odds in Sir Rupert Clarke StakesNew Zealand stayer Chocante’s prospects of adding Melbourne to his Australian itinerary hinges on how the stayer performs in The Metropolitan at Randwick. The five-year-old gelding already has a Brisbane …
Continue reading Chocante gears up for The Metropolitan HandicapLindsay Park has decided to keep He’s Our Rokkii on home soil in Melbourne for a Group One race instead of travelling to Sydney. The five-year-old is set to run …
Continue reading He’s Our Rokkii to run in Underwood Stakes FieldTrainer Mick Price is considering throwing unbeaten colt Octabello in the deep end in the $2 million Group One Caulfield Guineas if the three-year-old can gain a start. After winning …
Continue reading Unbeaten 3YO enters Caulfield Guineas 2017 pictureA piece of form surrounding Winx has ensured Happy Clapper of Epsom Handicap favouritism. But rival jockey Brenton Avdulla insists another link to the champion mare shouldn’t be forgotten and …
Continue reading Jockey backs in Epsom Handicap runnerNed Hanigan has a simple message for punters who have anointed him as the Wallabies’ new whipping boy: “Keep it coming.” The 22-year-old is adjusting to the harsh scrutiny of …
Continue reading ‘Keep it coming’, Hanigan tells knockersNick Vlastuin was supposed to be an AFL midfielder this year, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Three key things happened – first he got hurt, then Jack Graham …
Continue reading Vlastuin overcomes tough break for TigersAdelaide players will again adopt the so-called Crows stare during the national anthem before the AFL grand final. And they couldn’t give two hoots what you think about it. The …
Continue reading Crows will again adopt anthem stareMelbourne want to send Cooper Cronk out a winner but believe he doesn’t need another NRL premiership to be considered one of the greats of the game. Cronk’s won a …
Continue reading Win or lose, Cronk a legend, say StormIt was the NRL record Cameron Smith almost didn’t break. Smith re-wrote the history books for the umpteenth time on Wednesday when he became the oldest player to claim the …
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