Forget turning Japanese – star Queensland Reds import Ayumu Goromaru might just be turning Australian. Japan’s World Cup hero now gets around in thongs and footy shorts, rates Brisbane’s Japanese …
Continue reading Stars align for Goro-mania in BrisbaneFremantle recruit Harley Bennell will miss the rest of the AFL season after scans revealed he had re-torn his right calf. Bennell is yet to play an AFL game for …
Continue reading Docker Bennell out for AFL seasonEssendon coach John Worsfold speaks regularly with banned defender Michael Hurley but the topic of his playing future hasn’t, and won’t, come up. Club chief executive Xavier Campbell confirmed he …
Continue reading Worsfold won’t discuss Hurley’s AFL futureCollingwood’s injury woes are easing but coach Nathan Buckley won’t rush the return of any of his underdone or out-of-form charges. The AFL club’s injury list, headed by Dane Swan …
Continue reading Magpies won’t rush return of AFL playersAll business, the NSW Waratahs have borrowed a famous line from former Wallabies coach Alan Jones as they chase a statement win on Friday over Super Rugby’s table-topping Crusaders. Just …
Continue reading Waratahs all business in ChristchurchCollingwood have been more bad than good in the opening two months of the AFL season, but Geelong have already received fair warning of what the Magpies can offer up …
Continue reading Cats on guard for Magpies attackSamu Kerevi could yet recover from a broken hand in time to line up in the Queensland Reds’ Super Rugby clash with the Sunwolves on Saturday. Attacking weapon Kerevi wasn’t …
Continue reading Kerevi could yet face SunwolvesThe Melbourne Rebels are counting on Wallaby-in-waiting Marika Koroibete showing them the way to the tryline next season after luring the Storm winger away from the NRL. The Melbourne flyer …
Continue reading Storm’s Koroibete joins Rebels ranksHawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson is delighted that Lance Franklin is dominating the AFL. It’s a statement you might have expected from Clarkson in the first 182 games of Franklin’s career, …
Continue reading Clarkson thrilled to see Franklin firingHarley Bennell’s hopes of playing this season appear to be over, but coach Ross Lyon insists it’s a calf injury and not anything sinister that has grounded the former Suns …
Continue reading Dockers’ Bennell suffers calf setbackSydney Roosters are set to drop five eighth Jackson Hastings for Friday’s NRL clash with South Sydney. Hastings is expected to become the first high profile victim of the club’s …
Continue reading Roosters set too drop HastingsHOW THE LEADING WOMEN SHAPE UP FOR THE 2016 FRENCH OPEN SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) Age: 34 Ranking: 1 Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money: $US76,467,915 ($A104.33 million) Career titles: …
Continue reading Leading French Open women’s contendersFremantle recruit Harley Bennell’s AFL season could be over after he suffered another setback with his calf injury. Bennell has been grounded by the calf issue all season, and coach …
Continue reading Dockers’ Bennell suffers another injuryNo wonder the NSW brainstrust is having such a hard time finding a halves combination for Origin I, with statistics revealing the Blues’ playmaking options offer half as much as …
Continue reading Stats show up Blues’ Origin halves woesHawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson says Jarryd Roughead is helping the AFL side focus on football instead of the star forward’s cancer diagnosis. Roughead learned of a recurrence of melanoma on …
Continue reading Get back to normal for Roughy: ClarksonWayne Bennett has taken aim at NRL stars complaining of five-day turnarounds, saying they are more concerned about getting paid for State of Origin games than addressing the toll the …
Continue reading Forget money, fix Origin: BennettEven if Jarryd Hayne breaks into a “red-hot” Fiji squad, he’ll find it tough to succeed in Rugby Sevens at the Rio Olympics, according to Australia’s Jesse Parahi. The 26-year-old …
Continue reading Parahi expects hard time for HayneThe Blues want to channel embarrassment into a winning formula against the Western Force in Perth. Last week’s 43-5 loss to the Lions – the second-biggest defeat in their 276-game …
Continue reading Blues out for redemption against Force

