Michael Cheika’s sweeping changes to the Wallabies’ starting side for Saturday’s Test against France clearly shows the coach is prioritising a tilt at the grand slam, according to Phil Waugh. …
Continue reading ‘No disrespect’ from weakened WallabiesSam Warburton has regained the captain’s armband and Jamie Roberts was back at inside centre amid 10 changes by Wales for Saturday’s Test against Japan in Cardiff. Interim Wales coach …
Continue reading Warburton, Roberts back for WalesA field of 12 will contest Perth’s biggest sprint race, the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot. Saturday’s Group One race over 1200m has attracted five eastern states visitors who will tackle …
Continue reading Winterbottom Stakes Final Field – 2016Australia fullback Darius Boyd is hopeful the small in-goal areas on the Anfield pitch won’t present too many safety concerns for players in the Four Nations final. The iconic home …
Continue reading Boyd happy with Anfield player safetyAustralia has the potential to in the next decade become a scrummaging heavyweight which adores the set piece, according scrum guru Mario Ledesma. Excited by a bright crop of young …
Continue reading Australia has huge scrum future: LedesmaFRANCE V AUSTRALIA AT STADE DE FRANCE, 9.00PM SATURDAY (0700 SUNDAY AEDT) Head to head: Played 46, Australia 26, France 18, Drawn 2 PAST TEN MEETINGS: 2014: France 29-26, Stade …
Continue reading How the Wallabies line up against FranceWith a raft of changes, new faces and a 13th debutant for the season, the Wallabies will put their unbeaten Spring Tour record on the line against an attack-minded France …
Continue reading Cheika rests weary Wallabies for FranceHyundai’s Thierry Neuville admits he may be a little extra cautious at this weekend’s season-ending Rally Australia, but doesn’t want to change his tactics too much. Neuville holds second spot …
Continue reading Neuville won’t drive to protect leadPlenty of dollars await Kalyn Ponga. But the North Queensland young gun will need plenty of sense to take the next step to NRL superstardom, Ben Hannant says. At just …
Continue reading Ponga needs NRL role model: HannantIf West Coast fans thought gun recruit Sam Mitchell was good in 2012, they should have seen him the year before. Or a few years later. The former Hawthorn onballer …
Continue reading Brownlow year ‘not my best’: Sam MitchellArgentina coach Daniel Hourcade has named an unchanged team for only the second time in his three years in charge to face Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday. Hourcade stuck with …
Continue reading Argentina unchanged for ScotlandDefending champion Novak Djokovic trounced stand-in David Goffin 6-1 6-2 for a clean sweep of his group at the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday but still looked far from …
Continue reading Angry Djoker smashes Goffin at Tour FinalsEngland coach Eddie Jones will delay naming his team for the Test against Fiji on Saturday due to injury concerns. Forwards Billy Vunipola and Nathan Hughes and centre Elliot Daly …
Continue reading England delay naming team for Fiji TestScotland head coach Vern Cotter made four changes to the team who narrowly lost to Australia when he named his side on Thursday to face Argentina at Murrayfield on Saturday. …
Continue reading Bradbury given Scotland debut v PumasReeling South Africa having received a selection boost after experienced winger Bryan Habana was named on Thursday by coach Allister Coetzee to face Italy in Florence on Saturday. The return …
Continue reading Bryan Habana back to boost ailing BoksFrank Pritchard will return to the NRL in 2017 after signing a deal to play with Parramatta next season. The 33-year-old former Canterbury star joined Hull in the English Super …
Continue reading Frank Pritchard coming to ParramattaThe Wallabies will face France with a starting lineup which barely resembles their opening Spring Tour fixtures, with coach Michael Cheika making 11 changes while handing Kyle Godwin a Test …
Continue reading Wallabies make sweeping changes for FranceAspiring NRL teams like the Brisbane Bombers should enter a team into rugby league’s new-look second tier instead of pushing for direct entry, NRL head of football Brian Canavan says. …
Continue reading States a springboard for wannabe NRL clubs

