Stakes winner Too Good To Refuse will be ridden positively at Eagle Farm as he takes his first step to the Sydney autumn carnival. Too Good To Refuse will be …
Continue reading Too Good To Refuse gears up for Canterbury StakesGolden Slipper 2017 second favourite Houtzen will miss the Randwick trials this week with trainer Toby Edmonds still undecided about her comeback run. The filly had 10 days in the …
Continue reading Golden Slipper 2017 contender to miss Randwick trialValentine Holmes has admitted how close he came to leaving Cronulla before realising how silly a move away from the NRL premiers would have looked. Despite working out in front …
Continue reading Leaving Cronulla made no sense: HolmesBelgian David Goffin made a winning start at the Rotterdam World Tennis Tournament as he defeated Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3 6-2 for a place in the second round. The third-seeded …
Continue reading Goffin glides into Rotterdam second roundSt Kilda ruckman Tom Hickey and on-baller Luke Dunstan have signed two-year contract extensions. It ties them to the AFL club until at least the end of 2019. The pair …
Continue reading Hickey, Dunstan re-sign with AFL’s SaintsScotland skipper Greig Laidlaw has been ruled out for the rest of the Six Nations, the Scottish Rugby Union have announced. The halfback suffered an ankle injury just before halftime …
Continue reading Laidlaw out for remainder of Six NationsA face-to-face meeting at the Auckland Nines was pivotal to Kieran Foran’s contract finally being rubber-stamped by the governing body, says NRL boss Todd Greenberg. Foran is set to make …
Continue reading NZ meeting pivotal for Foran returnBrian O’Driscoll insists the current length of British and Irish Lions tours must be preserved if they are to remain viable. The number of fixtures could be slashed from 10 …
Continue reading Lions must not be shortened: O’DriscollNewly approved Warriors five-eighth Kieran Foran has expressed his willingness to remain at the Auckland-based club long-term. Foran, 26, had his one-year deal at the NRL club registered on Wednesday …
Continue reading Foran keen to stay in Auckland post-2017Brothers Beauden and Jordie Barrett will take the field together for Hurricanes for the first time when they face the Crusaders in a final Super Rugby trial. World player of …
Continue reading Barrett brothers to start for HurricanesSix-million dollar man Ben Hunt insists St George Illawarra are the furthest thing from his mind as he steps up preparations for his final season in Brisbane colours. Halfback Hunt …
Continue reading Hunt just focused on last year as a BroncoSam Thaiday admits he briefly feared his career may be over when his eye socket was smashed by the iron head of James Graham just over three months ago. The …
Continue reading Thaiday ready to play after horror injuryNRL boss Todd Greenberg has empathised with Parramatta fans hurting over the decision to allow Kieran Foran back to the game in round three. The governing body on Wednesday announced …
Continue reading Greenberg feels for Eels over Foran callDespite establishing himself as a key member of the Canberra’s forwards last NRL season, Luke Bateman is taking nothing for granted after the arrival of reinforcements. The 22-year-old said the …
Continue reading Bateman in Raiders’ NRL forwards battleThe return of Hawthorn’s Jarryd Roughead and a group of banned Bombers might bring some much-needed spark to the AFL pre-season competition amid fresh questions about its relevance. Essendon will …
Continue reading Roughie, Bombers to spark AFL pre-seasonMIKE FITZPATRICK ON… * Western Bulldogs’ 2016 flag: “It meant that a lot of those (equalisation) policies in my view had come through and were working.” * James Hird: “It’s …
Continue reading Fitzgerald on the state of AFLNo.1 seed Marin Cilic got to work in patching up the tatters of his early season with a scratchy 5-7 6-3 6-2 win over Benoit Paire to reach the second …
Continue reading Cilic and Tsonga win in Rotterdam tennisA face-to-face meeting at the Auckland Nines was pivotal to Kieran Foran’s contract finally being rubber-stamped by the governing body, says NRL boss Todd Greenberg. Foran is set to make …
Continue reading NZ meeting pivotal to Foran rego:Greenberg
