The AFL has defended its public silence over James Hird’s health crisis, with Gillon McLachlan saying the league had offered support through an intermediary. The league’s chief executive also revealed …
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The AFL continues to look at an overhaul of how the season is structured, with the 17-5 model appearing the most likely option if a change is made. League chief …
Continue reading New AFL fixture remains on agendaAFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has defended being paid more than the game’s top players, saying the comparison is invalid. It emerged early last year that McLachlan was paid $1.7m …
Continue reading McLachlan defends his AFL pay packetThe playing futures of veteran Manly stars Brett Stewart and Steve Matai appear even bleaker, with the duo not named by their club for the NRL’s season guide. The pair, …
Continue reading Stewart, Matai not in Manly season squadA clash with Winx can wait for Global Glamour with the Thousand Guineas winner confirmed for a more conservative return to Sydney racing. Co-trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott caused …
Continue reading Global Glamour to dodge Winx in Apollo StakesEngland face the prospect of fielding a rookie back-row against a feared all-Lions Wales trio with Tom Wood in doubt for Saturday’s Six Nations rugby trip to Cardiff due to …
Continue reading Tom Wood gives England cause for concernMatthew Ebden displayed plenty of grit before beating Agustin Velotti to reach the second round of the Ecuador Open on Tuesday. Ebden lost the opening set 6-2 but then beat …
Continue reading Gritty Ebden advances in Ecuador OpenCronulla centre Jack Bird has revealed his intentions to resist overtures from strugglers Newcastle and stick loyal to the NRL premiers. After snaring North Queensland rookie Kalyn Ponga for 2018, …
Continue reading Bird not flying away from SharksFormer NRL star Ben Te’o has grabbed attention in Britain by disclosing a plan to go backpacking in North Korea with England rugby teammate Johnny May. Te’o has been discussing …
Continue reading Teo’s North Korea backpacking planNine games – and just three starts – in the NRL have been enough to convince Queensland great Trevor Gillmeister that Cowboys backrower Coen Hess will play State of Origin …
Continue reading NQ’s Hess ready for Origin: GillmeisterNewcastle have confirmed the signing of Anthony Tupou, with the veteran given a one-year NRL contract to boost the club’s depleted forward stocks. The 33-year-old former Kangaroo had been plying …
Continue reading Veteran Tupou signs NRL deal with KnightsGold Coast have re-signed midfielder Touk Miller until the end of the 2019 AFL season. Miller, who was already contracted until the end of this year, was voted into the …
Continue reading Miller re-signs with Suns until 2019Ryan Hoffman is gutted to lose the Warriors captaincy but thinks the Auckland-based NRL club might benefit with a switch from generation X to Y. Fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 23, will …
Continue reading Gutted Hoffman to support Tuivasa-SheckDual Group 1 winner Malaguerra will jump from the outside barrier, but remains the best backed for Saturday’s C.F. Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Winx firms into $1.15 to win her …
Continue reading Malaguerra firms into favouritism for CF Orr Stakes 2017Twelve months ago, Wayne Bennett told Darius Boyd he would be Brisbane’s 2017 NRL captain. Yet Boyd, 29, still needed more time to grasp the enormity of his transformation when …
Continue reading Darius Boyd named Brisbane NRL captainJarryn Geary says he doesn’t ever think he’ll get used to the tag of AFL captain. “It doesn’t sit very comfortably,” he said on Wednesday. But it’s one he will …
Continue reading Murphy, Geary named as 2017 captainsThe thought of becoming Brisbane’s next AFL captain sits well with Dayne Zorko. But the Lions’ midfielder admits he will need to wait another month before their 2017 season leader …
Continue reading Lions to make March AFL capt call: ZorkoTime is ticking on the Wests Tigers to finally start delivering and stop offering up their youth as an excuse. That’s the view of a tough-talking Mitchell Moses who says …
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