Organisers have defended shunning NSW when allocating next year’s Rugby League World Cup matches, saying it came down to state government willingness to pay. Only two of the 28 matches …
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Melbourne playmaker Blake Green says he doesn’t see NRL front-runners Cronulla stumbling any time soon. After a 14-game winning streak, the Sharks are in unfamiliar territory as they lead the …
Continue reading Sharks worthy NRL favourites: Blake GreenGold Coast captain-in-waiting Tom Lynch says Geelong should stop dreaming about bringing back Gary Ablett. Ablett’s AFL future has been a point of speculation since he re-injured his left shoulder …
Continue reading Lynch laughs off Ablett ‘pipe dream’Parramatta players say they have no idea if controversial playmaker Corey Norman will be allowed to play in Saturday’s NRL clash with Gold Coast but they “100 per cent” want …
Continue reading Eels players in dark on Norman suspensionNewly-retired NSW captain Paul Gallen has brushed Queensland Rugby League CEO Peter Betros and labelled on-going commentary about State of Origin spite “boring”. Betros claimed on Monday that Gallen “sometimes …
Continue reading Qld Origin spite talk ‘boring’: GallenThe horse that became a cult hero through his deeds for Tasmanian trainer Mick Burles is on track to make his debut for his new Victorian stable. The Cleaner is …
Continue reading The Cleaner on track for P B Lawrence StakesTrainer John McArdle will take Power Trip to Adelaide to try to snare an end-of-season stakes win before the gelding begins his three-year-old year. Power Trip scored a soft trial …
Continue reading Power Trip to run in Lightning Stakes first upBlood tests taken from a horse that died suddenly at Randwick Racecourse have returned negative results to the Hendra virus. Monday’s death of the Anthony Cummings-trained Rivo Boy, which was …
Continue reading Dead horse tests negative to Hendra virusNewly-retired NSW captain Paul Gallen has brushed Queensland Rugby League CEO Peter Betros and labelled on-going commentary about State of Origin spite “boring”. Betros claimed on Monday that Gallen “sometimes …
Continue reading Qld Origin spite talk “boring”: GallenThe Sharks will be without Springboks five-eighth Patrick Lambie for their Super Rugby quarter-final against the Hurricanes on Saturday after failing in a bid to gain dispensation from SANZAAR. The …
Continue reading Sharks without Lambie for Super quarterParramatta’s board reportedly spent $300,000 of Leagues Club members’ funds to secure a single undisclosed $30,000 illegal third-party payment for Kieran Foran. Transcripts of tapes from an Eels board meeting …
Continue reading Spotlight to focus on Foran deal: reportsIt might be a high stakes sudden-death contest, but the Crusaders are expecting their Super Rugby quarter-final against the Lions in Johannesburg to be another free-scoring affair. The round-robin match …
Continue reading Crusaders expect Lions to attackPremiership-winning coach Trent Robinson, who led Sydney Roosters to three successive minor premiership in his first three seasons in the NRL, is favouring a Cronulla and Melbourne grand final. Robinson’s …
Continue reading Sharks, Storm the teams to beat: RobinsoThe Midas touch Mal Meninga used on Queensland will now help bring a fractured Kangaroos together, Test prop Matt Scott says. There are fears that Australia will implode at the …
Continue reading Meninga to unite Roos: ScottTheir ban may have been lifted but Queensland’s misbehaving Emerging Maroons won’t find it any easier to earn State of Origin selection next year. Queensland Rugby League boss Peter Betros …
Continue reading No special treatment for banned MaroonsAll of North Queensland’s State of Origin stars are back. But the Cowboys say the rest of the team must stand up if they are to keep their NRL title …
Continue reading Unheralded Cowboys to step upDo the right thing. Kangaroos utility Michael Morgan says the simple motto is the only safeguard for concerned NRL players after an increase in illegally obtained footage being shopped around …
Continue reading Up to players to behave: MorganThey’ve had 12 months littered with off-field distractions, but Sydney’s AFL focus rarely wavers. Michael Talia’s arrest last Sunday was the latest in a series of incidents to have rocked …
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