Melbourne may have reached the magical 20-win mark but history says that’s far from an NRL title guarantee. The Storm enter the finals series as prohibitive $1.85 title favourites after …
Continue reading Storm’s 20 wins no title guaranteeThursday‘s AFL Finals 2017 match is between Adelaide Crows and Greater Western Sydney Giants. The opening bounce is set to commence at 19:50 local time with the game to be …
Continue reading Adelaide Crows vs GWS Giants Tips, Teams and Odds – AFL FinalsShoals has risen to every challenge so far and the unbeaten filly begins her push towards the Group One Thousand Guineas in a stakes race at Moonee Valley. The Anthony …
Continue reading Unbeaten filly set to return in Atlantic Jewel StakesWith his maiden victory out of the way connections of Sandown winner Wassergeist have their eyes firmly fixed on richer spring offerings. Having his third race start in Wednesday’s Chandler …
Continue reading Caulfield Guineas prospect gets maiden win on the boardKarolina Pliskova has brushed off losing her No.1 ranking, saying she failed to live up to her own high expectations at the US Open where she exited in the quarter-finals …
Continue reading Pliskova leaves behind No.1 tennis rankingWorld No.1 Rafa Nadal has given Russian teenager Andrey Rublev a tennis lesson to race into the semi-finals of the US Open and a possible showdown with Roger Federer. The …
Continue reading Ruthless Nadal storms into US Open semisRafael Nadal has had about as easy a time as possible in the U.S. Open quarter-finals, beating 19-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in a little more than 90 …
Continue reading Nadal thrashes teen to reach US Open semisGarbine Muguruza will become world No.1 after CoCo Vandeweghe continued America’s dominance of the US Open women’s draw by beating Karolina Pliskova. Pliskova needed to at least match her achievement …
Continue reading Vandeweghe beats Pliskova for semis spotThey must be sick of the sight of each other in the NRL finals. In the era of superficial rivalries and drummed up head-to-heads, Cronulla and North Queensland can lay …
Continue reading Sharks, Cowboys to reignite finals rivalryAt 32, Benji Marshall won’t be expected to repeat his now-infamous 2005 NRL grand final flick pass. But Brisbane great Gorden Tallis still believes the veteran will emerge as the …
Continue reading Marshall can be Broncos X-factor: TallisDarius Boyd insists speculation linking Adam Blair with a move to the Warriors won’t be a distraction for the stand-in Brisbane captain. On the same day Blair was announced as …
Continue reading Blair contract talk no distraction: BoydIf West Coast are going to win this year’s AFL premiership, they are going to have to snatch it from the clouds. In 2015, it was the ‘Weagles Web’ that …
Continue reading West Coast’s AFL fate all up in the airSix months ago, few would have thought Curtis Sironen’s return from an injury could help kick-start Manly’s NRL finals campaign. Firstly, because Sironen spent most of 2016 in the Wests …
Continue reading Sironen more than Manly’s lucky charmSo who would you prefer – Dangerfield and Selwood or Martin and Cotchin? The AFL’s best two midfield pairings square off in an intriguing subplot to Friday night’s huge AFL …
Continue reading Dangerwood v Motchin an AFL showstopperTraining alongside Tevita Pangai Junior has provided Brisbane skipper Darius Boyd a constant reminder that he must not rush back from injury during the Broncos’ NRL finals campaign. Boyd will …
Continue reading Boyd learns from Broncos teammate mistakeAndrew Forrest’s new Indo-Pacific competition is not a rebel tournament and it won’t struggle to attract talent, according to former Wallaby John Welborn. Welborn has been Forrest’s right-hand man throughout …
Continue reading Forrest’s rugby comp not a rebel: WelbornAdelaide coach Don Pyke is confident, but not comfortable. He’s confident his Crows can produce the goods in Thursday night’s AFL qualifying final against Greater Western Sydney. But he’s not …
Continue reading Crows confident but not comfortable: PykeGreater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron is pondering late changes to his side for Thursday night’s AFL qualifying final against Adelaide. Cameron says forecast rain and strong winds for the …
Continue reading Giants ponder late changes for AFL final
