South Africa named hooker Adriaan Strauss as captain for next month’s three-Test home rugby series against Ireland. The 30-year-old Bulls Super Rugby skipper Strauss will become the 57th Springbok captain, …
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Flanker Sam Cane says the impact of losing a glut of All Blacks greats won’t be felt until the heat goes on a tight Test. Cane is poised to replace …
Continue reading Tight game will test new All Blacks: CaneFormer Wimbledon winner Pat Cash has urged Nick Kyrgios to delete his Twitter account in order to reach his full potential as a tennis player and win multiple grand slam …
Continue reading ‘Get off Twitter’ Cash tells KyrgiosHe may not have been the first choice replacement for Mal Meninga as Queensland State of Origin coach. But in the end, few were more qualified than new Maroons mentor …
Continue reading Few more qualified than Walters: QldThey called him “The Accountant”. But Cameron Smith – the little Queenslander who could – looks set to be remembered as “The Greatest”. Maroons captain Smith will run out for …
Continue reading Smith is the Greatest, says SlaterNorth Melbourne coach Brad Scott has accused AFL critics of unfairly making Lindsay Thomas the poster boy of the high-contact free kick controversy. Scott said on Monday night it was …
Continue reading Scott again defends Thomas in AFLThe last time the Wallabies set up camp on the Sunshine Coast, they were a team in flux. But a year on and skipper Stephen Moore says they have to …
Continue reading Wallabies to embrace high expectationsAdam Reynolds intends to keep Queensland guessing on his State of Origin debut. Reynolds makes his first Blues appearance at ANZ Stadium on Wednesday and coach Laurie Daley is banking …
Continue reading NSW kicking to keep Qld guessing: ReynoldsSydney’s Coleman Medal leader Lance Franklin is thrilling AFL followers with his long range goalkicking, but it’s his long distance chasing which has caught the eye of Swans’ coach John …
Continue reading Longmire lauds Buddy’s chasingAndrew Fifita has been earmarked as a potential game-winner for NSW on what is expected to be a heavy track for Wednesday’s State of Origin series-opener. The heavens are predicted …
Continue reading Fifita to own Origin in the rain: RoachAs the last home player left in the singles draw, Richard Gasquet hopes a partisan crowd will help cheer him to victory in his first French Open quarter-final when he …
Continue reading Home crowd boosting GasquetPersistent rain accompanied by a flood warning washed out the entire day’s play at the French Open on Monday for the first time since 2000, creating a scheduling headache and …
Continue reading Frustration at French Open wash outPort Adelaide believe their Sunday date with Collingwood at the MCG could be season-defining. The Power are 10th on the AFL ladder – one win out of the top eight …
Continue reading Magpies AFL date crucial to PortSouth Sydney prop George Burgess has been ruled out of the NRL for up to two months due to a groin injury. The England international had surgery on the problem, …
Continue reading Souths’ George Burgess out for two monthsMelbourne star Jack Viney faces a one-game AFL ban for striking and up to a month out of action because of hand surgery. If the onballer accepts the suspension, it …
Continue reading Viney banned in AFL, also injuredCollingwood coach Nathan Buckley has dismissed as folly the presumption that key forward Travis Cloke makes his AFL return this week. Darcy Moore’s fractured collarbone predictably has led to speculation …
Continue reading Buckley says Cloke talk is follyGeelong have zeroed in on wasteful goalkicking and poor defence as key reasons for their sudden AFL struggles. After emerging as one of the early-season pacesetters, the Cats have stumbled …
Continue reading Cats ponder sudden AFL stutterParramatta have begun their long climb back to NRL respectability, rallying to beat wooden-spoon favourites Newcastle 20-18 in a thriller at Hunter Stadium. Coach Brad Arthur said on Sunday his …
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