A bye couldn’t have come at a better time for a battered and bruised NSW Waratahs, after losing two Wallabies and a new recruit to injury in a costly Super …
Continue reading Polota-Nau among trio of injured WaratahsAndy Murray and Kei Nishikori both won their 12th straight match in the Davis Cup to leave titleholder Britain and Japan tied at 1-1 in the first round on Friday. …
Continue reading Nishikori levels Japan, Britain Cup tieBack-to-back wins to open the season isn’t enough for coach Stephen Larkham to get too excited about the Brumbies’ prospects of a breakthrough Super Rugby title. The Canberra-based outfit followed …
Continue reading We won’t get ahead of ourselves: BrumbiesFormula One’s governing body has voted in favour of a new elimination-style qualifying format that will be implemented from this month’s Australian season-opener, a well-placed source said on Friday. Speaking …
Continue reading F1 gets new qualifying formatThe State of Origin cauldron may pale in comparison to the heat NSW halfback Trent Hodkinson is feeling ahead of his NRL debut for Newcastle. But the ice cool playmaker …
Continue reading Hodkinson soaks up Origin like pressureMature aged Brisbane recruit Dayne Zorko never thought he’d be a Lion – let alone one for life. But after realising his AFL dream, Zorko is now aiming for something …
Continue reading Zorko believes Lions finals dreamLittle brother is catching up fast in Sydney on the evidence of Friday’s NAB Challenge match, with GWS strolling to a 34-point win over the Swans. Sydney kicked the opening …
Continue reading Giants trounce Swans in NAB ChallengeThe Brumbies can claim early Australian conference honours after ending a four-match losing streak to the NSW Waratahs with a 32-15 Super Rugby win in Canberra on Friday night. Stephen …
Continue reading Brumbies hold off ‘Tahs in CanberraIt was meant to be a new dawn for Manly, but instead a slimmed down Canterbury showed they would again be a force under Des Hasler in 2016. The Bulldogs …
Continue reading Dominant Dogs ease past Sea Eagles in NRLSuper League club Salford have been charged with alleged breaches of salary cap regulations, the Rugby Football League (RFL) has announced. The Red Devils could be docked as many as …
Continue reading Salford face Super League cap chargesThe Blues’ Super Rugby revival may have been short-lived. A week after stunning defending champions the Highlanders, the Tana Umaga-coached outfit produced a disjointed display in Christchurch as the Crusaders …
Continue reading Crusaders on song against the BluesA sweltering forecast for the Clipsal 500 has V8 Supercar drivers sweating over their cooling systems, predicting retirements and pondering new ways to avoid the heat. After hitting 33 on …
Continue reading V8 drivers aim to beat the Adelaide heatJim Courier’s ties to Australia run deep. Not only is the United States Davis Cup captain a two-time Australian Open champion and long-time commentator at the grand slam tournament. But …
Continue reading Courier has ties to Australia’s Davis CupFord have claimed an opening day delight at the Clipsal 500, with Scott Pye stunning the V8 Supercars field to take a career-first pole and comeback kid Chaz Mostert claiming …
Continue reading Pye, Mostert earn Clipsal V8 polesStar backrower Aidan Guerra admits even he doesn’t know what to expect from the new-look Sydney Roosters this NRL season. Minus off-season losses Michael Jennings, Rogers Tuivasa-Sheck and James Maloney …
Continue reading New look Roosters the big unknownFormer NRL star Chris Sandow has landed a long-range field goal on fulltime to give Warrington a 31-30 win over Salford in the Super League. The Wolves were staring at …
Continue reading Sandow seals Super win for WarringtonWet weather may be nothing new to North Queensland but Cowboys coach Paul Green fears the showers predicted for their NRL season opener in Townsville will advantage a vengeful Cronulla …
Continue reading Sharks will revel in Townsville wet: GreenThe desire to start Lleyton Hewitt’s Davis Cup captaincy off with a win drove Australian No.1 Bernard Tomic to a gutsy victory on Friday over American Jack Sock. Tomic endured …
Continue reading Tomic keeps Aust in Davis Cup hunt

