Hawthorn veteran Jordan Lewis admits some hardness is missing from the AFL premiers’ game. While the Hawks have a 4-2 record, they suddenly look vulnerable in the wake of last …
Continue reading Hawk admits some AFL hardness lackingNRL integrity unit boss Nick Weeks says Parramatta’s salary cap crisis is proof that clubs who attempt to work outside rugby league’s salary cap will be caught, sooner or later. …
Continue reading Cheat cap and you will get caught: NRLIt was typical Melbourne Victory and the Archie Thompson of old. Just a couple of days after being told he would be leaving the club this off-season, Thompson steadied himself …
Continue reading Thompson earns one more Victory farewellNick Kyrgios is through to the second round of the Madrid Open following a hard-fought 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 win win over Argentina’s Guido Pella. The world No.21 slammed down 16 …
Continue reading Kyrgios through in Madrid, Tomic outThe AFL might add two teams to its inaugural women’s league, creating a 10-team competition. An announcement is likely at the end of this month on the make-up of the …
Continue reading AFL looking at 10-team women’s leagueRichmond star Jack Riewoldt welcomes their underdog status for Friday night’s must-win AFL clash with Hawthorn and is adamant their form will turn. The Tigers will take a five-game losing …
Continue reading We’ll turn around AFL form: Jack RiewoldtParramatta have accused the NRL of imposing sanctions “without according procedural fairness” after the club secured a temporary court order preventing the league from banning five officials on Tuesday. As …
Continue reading Parra NRL officials win temporary reprieveAFL boss Gillon McLachlan admits collective dread if the commission has to make a call on Jobe Watson’s 2012 Brownlow Medal. If the last-ditch appeal against the Essendon doping suspensions …
Continue reading AFL boss admits dread on Brownlow callWests Tigers centre Tim Simona will remain with the NRL club until the end of the 2017 season. Simona took up an option in his contract to extend his time …
Continue reading Simona sticks with Tigers in NRLGutted at watching Melbourne play for nothing in 2010, NRL boss Todd Greenberg says he will be “very happy” if Parramatta win the premiership – despite being stripped of 12 …
Continue reading Eels’ glimmer of hope over NRL cap penaltyPort Adelaide ruckman Matthew Lobbe will be sidelined for the next three months of the AFL season after suffering a knee injury in the Power’s reserves side. Lobbe was dropped …
Continue reading Power lose Lobbe for 12 weeks in AFLCoach Brad Arthur admits he has no idea how Parramatta can squeeze their way under the NRL’s salary cap. However, the retirement of injury-troubled forward Anthony Watmough could emerge as …
Continue reading NRL cap fit a head scratcher: EelsAustralian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver is satisfied the Brumbies remain financially viable despite the Super Rugby franchise’s hefty legal costs and payout to departed CEO Michael Jones. Pulver was …
Continue reading Brumbies financially sound: PulverFrench club Toulon is again making life tricky for Australia’s rugby sevens squad as they wait to learn whether Quade Cooper is available for their final two world series tournaments. …
Continue reading Quade, Aussie sevens sweat on Toulon callGold Coast defender Jarrod Harbrow says he has watched fellow AFL expansion side Greater Western Sydney’s emphatic rise this season with envy. Harbrow will play his 100th game for the …
Continue reading Suns envious of Giants in AFL: HarbrowWarriors winger Manu Vatuvei has been granted leave on medical grounds, the NRL club’s managing director Jim Doyle said on Tuesday. Vatuvei was one of six Warriors dropped for Sunday’s …
Continue reading Warriors’ Vatuvei granted medical leaveEssendon veteran Mathew Stokes faces an extended AFL break because of his hamstring injury. Scans on Monday showed the two-time Geelong premiership player will be out of action for at …
Continue reading ‘Dons lose Stokes in AFL to hamstringInvestigations into the conduct of Parramatta players and their agents will form the next part of the NRL’s probe into salary cap irregularities at the Eels. NRL integrity unit boss …
Continue reading Eels’ players, agents next in NRL’s sights


