Penrith could be without captain Matt Moylan for the first month of the NRL season after the star fullback suffered a back injury. Moylan experienced back soreness in last week’s …
Continue reading Moylan could miss first month: reportsHurricanes hooker Dane Coles has recovered from his hamstring strain and will lead a new-look team in their opening Super Rugby match against the Brumbies. Coles missed all three of …
Continue reading Coles fronts up for HurricanesCollingwood’s AFL leadership changes are because more players want the responsibility and no reflection on Travis Cloke and Tyson Goldsack, according to Nathan Buckley. The Magpies coach has defended the …
Continue reading Buckley pleased with ‘Pies AFL leadersSonny Bill Williams has urged the NRL to allow John Hopoate to continue his coaching career. The game’s governing body and the controversial rugby league figure appear on a collision …
Continue reading Leave Hopoate alone, SBW tells NRLA leading player manager has claimed Super League’s salary cap is to blame for the World Club Series humiliation and warned the cream of talent will continue to move to …
Continue reading Agent bemoans Super League salary capDes Hasler has called upon Canterbury to seek wisdom and inspiration ahead of the new NRL season from a source far removed from modern day rugby league – George Washington. …
Continue reading Bulldogs seek unlikely inspirationThe Highlanders are preparing for a bruising and buoyant Blues outfit in their Super Rugby opener at Eden Park. The Auckland-based side cruised through an unbeaten pre-season featuring wins over …
Continue reading Highlanders preparing for improved BluesReversed starting grids, one of several proposals under discussion by Formula One team bosses, would spell “disaster”, according to French driver Romain Grosjean. The concept of setting the grid by …
Continue reading Grosjean no fan of F1 reversed grid plansIreland must refuse to engage in Eddie Jones’ phoney war ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations clash at Twickenham, according to forwards coach Simon Easterby. New England boss Jones likened Ireland’s …
Continue reading Ignore Jones’ jibes, says Irish coachCanterbury forward David Klemmer has pleaded not guilty to a torpedo tackle and will take his case to the NRL judiciary on Wednesday night. The NSW Origin prop was hit …
Continue reading Klemmer fights torpedo tackle chargeCanterbury powerbroker Ray Dib has embraced coach Des Hasler’s “stable instability” as key to the Bulldogs quest for NRL title success in 2016. Hasler is seeking to take a side …
Continue reading Bulldogs hail Des and the stable clubWith or without the captaincy, star recruit Trent Hodkinson says he’ll still be calling the shots as Newcastle’s playmaker this NRL season. Hodkinson said it was nice to share skipper …
Continue reading I’ll enjoy captaincy if chosen: HodkinsonThe AFL has warned that the next player caught using a mobile phone during a game might come off a lot worse than Hayden Ballantyne. The Fremantle star escaped with …
Continue reading AFL warns Dockers star on phone useThe AFL hopes Eleni Glouftsis will become an inspiration for more women to take up umpiring. But the league’s umpires director Wayne Campbell said Glouftsis would only end up being …
Continue reading AFL has high hopes for GlouftsisLleyton Hewitt has drafted doubles specialist John Peers into the Australian Davis Cup squad to tackle the formidable Bryan brothers in their tie against USA next month. In his first …
Continue reading Hewitt calls in doubles No.1 PeersThe AFL will formally warn Hayden Ballantyne after the Fremantle star was caught using his mobile phone during last Friday’s pre-season match. An investigation found Ballantyne was talking to a …
Continue reading AFL to warn Ballantyne for phone useMelbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith says his squad is stronger and better prepared than it’s been in a long time heading into an NRL season. The lack of Australian Test …
Continue reading Smith says Storm had top preparationWests Tigers hooker Robbie Farah has undergone surgery on his injured knee, leaving coach Jason Taylor in a mad scramble to fill the No.9 jersey. Farah will miss the next …
Continue reading Farah to miss at least three NRL matches

