It might have taken a few NRL seasons but the message from Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has finally hit home with his Storm players. Trailing only Cronulla at the top …
Continue reading Storm’s defence key to NRL surge: HarrisCollingwood are out to regain some lost respect when they take on Melbourne in the Queen’s Birthday clash at the MCG on Monday. Pies skipper Scott Pendlebury has labelled the …
Continue reading Pies must win back respect: PendleburyThe fickle nature of form has Sydney coach John Longmire downplaying his side’s impressive AFL position. Second-placed Sydney lurk just one win behind competition leaders North Melbourne, with their only …
Continue reading Longmire wary of Giants’ AFL attackMelbourne are wary of out-of-sorts Collingwood forward Travis Cloke ahead of the Queen’s Birthday clash at the MCG on Monday. Cloke was held goalless in his AFL return against Port …
Continue reading Demons wary of struggling Cloke: JonesNorth Queensland coach Paul Green has paid tribute to Jason Taumalolo ahead of his 100th NRL game after revealing the forward once struggled with being compared to Sonny Bill Williams …
Continue reading Cowboys NRL coach Green salutes TaumaloloNSW State of Origin fullback Matt Moylan admits he’s been working feverishly on his skills under the high ball as he braces for another Cooper Cronk bombing barrage in game …
Continue reading Moylan prepares for another Cronk barrageYoung Hawk Marc Pittonet could be in line for his second AFL game with suspended ruckman Jon Ceglar to miss their clash with Essendon. Ceglar will sit out Friday night’s …
Continue reading Pittonet may replace banned Hawk CeglarFor so long the hunters, the Cronulla Sharks have become the hunted, skipper Paul Gallen acknowledges, as the club sits atop the premiership ladder halfway through the NRL season. The …
Continue reading Sharks go from hunter to hunted in NRLCoach Leon Cameron admits some of his GWS Giants have slipped in form but he’s backing them to regain it. Going into Sunday’s AFL derby clash with Sydney, the sixth-placed …
Continue reading Defensive slide concerns GWS coachThe impasse between Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor and hooker Robbie Farah has taken another twist, with the NRL club revealing back-up rake Matt Ballin will not play again this …
Continue reading Ballin injury adds to Farah intrigueBrisbane captain Tom Rockliff does not expect speculation about their AFL club to go away soon despite under-fire coach Justin Leppitsch receiving the backing of Lions CEO Greg Swann. Swann …
Continue reading Players back Leppitsch: Lions captainWest Coast coach Adam Simpson admits he’s concerned by Nic Naitanui’s ongoing Achilles tendon soreness, but there’s no need to ring the alarm bells just yet. Naitanui was seen on …
Continue reading Eagle Naitanui battling Achilles problemNathan Brown was cleared by the NRL match review committee but the South Sydney prop’s stomp on an opponent wasn’t a good look for the game. That’s the opinion of …
Continue reading Brown stomp didn’t look good: TyrrellCharlie Ngatai has been released again from the All Blacks squad due to concussion symptoms and management don’t know when the one-Test back will return to rugby. Chiefs inside centre …
Continue reading Concussed Ngatai released by All BlacksGeelong have accepted the one-match ban offered to Tom Hawkins, ruling the key forward out of Saturday’s top-four showdown against North Melbourne. Hawkins risked being slugged with a two-match sanction …
Continue reading Hawkins cops one-match AFL banExpectant father Christian Lealiifano appears set to miss the Wallabies’ opening Test against England on Saturday after again being a no-show at training. Lealiifano missed Tuesday’s weights session, still waiting …
Continue reading Time against Lealiifano with WallabiesVeteran Wallabies prop Benn Robinson has choked back tears while announcing his premature retirement due to a serious eye injury. A raft of Robinson’s NSW teammates, plus his mother and …
Continue reading Wallaby Robinson retires due to eye injuryBy James MacSmith SYDNEY, June 7 AAP – The NRL suspensions of five Parramatta officials over the club’s alleged salary cap indiscretions have been upheld by the NSW Supreme Court. …
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