It’s a moment that changed Jarrod Croker’s NRL career and one he will never forget. But it almost never happened. Late one Monday afternoon in December 2014, the young centre …
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Co-captain Kieren Jack wants Sydney to reproduce the pressure that singed the Cats in their last meeting as hopes rise that some of the Swans’ injured stars will play in …
Continue reading Rohan and Tippett run at Swans trainingPaul Gallen could join Andrew Ettingshausen as a 300-game one-club player with Cronulla, after re-signing with the Sharks on Wednesday. Skipper Gallen has committed to a 17th NRL season with …
Continue reading Gallen signs one year Sharks extensionRugby league’s new international eligibility rules could help sell next year’s World Cup in Australia to the USA and the rest of the world. Under new rules being proposed by …
Continue reading League eligibility rules sell Cup to worldMelbourne coach Craig Bellamy is hoping Cooper Cronk’s 300th game will inspire the Storm to go harder for longer against Canberra in Saturday night’s NRL preliminary final. A grand final …
Continue reading Bellamy hoping Cronk inspires StormGold Coast star Greg Bird claims video footage and witnesses will clear his name following an alleged incident at a northern NSW pub on Saturday evening. The NRL’s integrity unit …
Continue reading Bird denies wrongdoing in pub incidentHaving already borne the brunt of the best Sydney has to offer back in July, there is no danger of Geelong underestimating the huge challenge posed by the Swans in …
Continue reading Cats saw the best of the Swans in JulyRichmond forward Jack Riewoldt is facing a slow start to the AFL pre-season after undergoing an unexpected ankle reconstruction. Riewoldt initially went under the knife for a minor clean-up to …
Continue reading Riewoldt undergoes unexpected ankle recoGold Coast star Greg Bird claims video footage and witnesses will clear his name following an alleged incident at a northern NSW pub over the weekend. The NRL’s integrity unit …
Continue reading Greg Bird denies wrongdoingWinger Chris Ashton’s England career was hanging by a thread after he was handed a 13-week ban on Tuesday for biting an opponent. The 29-year-old Saracens back, who has played …
Continue reading English winger hit with 13-week biting banFor the first time in more than a year, Caulfield Cup-bound Tarzino will compete without blinkers when he runs in the Group One Underwood Stakes. Trainer Mick Price says the …
Continue reading Tarzino gets a gear change in Underwood StakesFollowing his second-place finish behind champion mare Winx, Godolphin’s Hauraki is the early favourite for the Group One Epsom Handicap. Hauraki ran well in Saturday’s Group One George Main Stakes, …
Continue reading Godolphin holding aces for Epsom HandicapGodolphin colt Astern will not run in the Caulfield Guineas for which he has been favourite since his Golden Rose win. Astern was not paid up for at the latest …
Continue reading Astern out of Caulfield Guineas 2016 contentionBon Aurum will attempt to emulate his sire by winning the same Group One handicap at Caulfield. The Ciaron Mahar-trained four-year-old contests the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, …
Continue reading Bon Aurum chasing same G1 success in Sir Rupert Clarke StakesFormer Australian Racehorse of the Year Lankan Rupee is building towards his long-awaited race return. Lankan Rupee galloped solo over 800m on the course proper at Caulfield on Tuesday morning …
Continue reading Lankan Rupee on track for Caulfield SprintWhen James Tedesco broke the news to Canberra CEO Don Furner that he was back-flipping on his big-money three-year deal, little did the club know it would ultimately be the …
Continue reading How the Raiders rebuilt the Green MachineStar jockey Hugh Bowman is free to ride on Epsom Day after having a careless riding suspension reduced on appeal. Bowman was given a seven-meeting suspension for careless riding after …
Continue reading Hugh Bowman free to ride on 2016 Epsom Handicap DayLightly raced filly Legless Veuve is nominated for stakes races in two states but trainer Stuart Webb is planning to keep her close to home for the Thousand Guineas Prelude …
Continue reading Legless Veuve likely to accept in Thousand Guineas Prelude field
