Kevin Walters has finally injected new blood into Queensland’s ageing forward pack and says he would have done it sooner had Dylan Napa not been banned from selection last year. …
Continue reading Napa would have played last year: WaltersCarlton have confirmed that defender Sam Rowe suffered a serious knee injury in his side’s 35-point AFL loss to Fremantle in Perth. Rowe injured his knee early in the match, …
Continue reading Carlton defender Rowe has ruptured ACLResurgent Penrith have been dealt a blow with confirmation veteran hooker Peter Wallace will be sidelined for up to six weeks with a groin injury. Five-eighth Bryce Cartwright is likely …
Continue reading Injuries sideline key Panthers in NRLAFL social policy manager Tanya Hosch calls racism a real challenge that demands more action from the league. At the launch of the AFL’s showpiece Sir Doug Nicholls indigenous round, …
Continue reading AFL to do more work to stamp out racismIsrael Folau is urging teammates to continue trusting their attacking instincts when the NSW Waratahs cross the Tasman to keep their Super Rugby season alive. The Waratahs face the Highlanders …
Continue reading We can topple Kiwi sides, says FolauSydney coach John Longmire has lavished former charge Tom Mitchell with praise, saying no AFL midfielder is better at winning contested ball. Mitchell’s 50-possession effort against Collingwood was one of …
Continue reading Tom Mitchell a contested AFL gun: LongmireBilly Slater’s State of Origin career may be over with the veteran fullback overlooked by Queensland for next week’s series opener. Maroons selectors have snubbed Slater, again handing incumbent Darius …
Continue reading Qld snub Billy Slater for Origin openerPort Adelaide stalwart Jackson Trengove doesn’t subscribe to the theory that his side needs a big scalp to be taken seriously as AFL contenders. The Power travel to play Geelong …
Continue reading Port don’t need big AFL scalp: TrengoveNathan Peats appears set to make his NSW Origin debut at hooker if Peter Wallace’s injured groin prevents him from joining the Blues’ camp. Peats was not at Titans’ training …
Continue reading Peats off to Sydney as Wallace gets scansAFLW teams’ penchant for players from rival sports has continued with Collingwood’s recruitment of volleyballer Eliza Hynes. The 183cm-Hynes has never played Australian rules football but the Magpies expect her …
Continue reading Collingwood recruit volleyballer for AFLWQueensland coach Kevin Walters says Johnathan Thurston is “very unlikely” to prove his fitness for next week’s State of Origin series opener in Brisbane. But Walters will name the injured …
Continue reading Thurston unlikely for Origin I: WaltersNSW will turn back the clock and reunite a previous halves pairing at the start of a series for the first time since 2001, should Mitchell Pearce return for next …
Continue reading NSW to buck 16-year trend in Origin halvesWallabies great George Smith says he will never turn his back on a Test recall if coach Michael Cheika comes knocking. But the 36-year-old, who last year said he no …
Continue reading I’d never turn my back on Wallabies: SmithAustralia’s Will Power is confident of revving it up at the Indianapolis 500 next week despite him starting from the third row of the grid after finishing ninth in qualifying. …
Continue reading Will Power confident for Indianapolis 500Sydney will be without injured young gun Harry Cunningham for the next six weeks of the AFL season, while Kieren Jack and Sam Naismith are no certainties to return from …
Continue reading Sydney Swan Cunningham out for six weeksAustralia have placed sixth at the end of a disappointing men’s rugby sevens world series after failing to bounce back from their quarter-final exit at last year’s Rio Olympics. Australia …
Continue reading Aussie men slump to sixth in 2017 sevensNewcastle fullback Dane Gagai is the latest player whose form is being impacted by his ongoing contract dramas, according to coach Nathan Brown. But the good news is that it’s …
Continue reading Gagai call on future not far away: BrownTwo-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso will start fifth in his Indianapolis 500 debut after qualifying, with Australian Will Power beginning on the ninth row of the grid. Alonso finished …
Continue reading Alonso to start fifth in Indycar debut

