Queensland veteran Darius Boyd has thrown his support behind team hierarchy to banish the “Valley eight”, saying ill discipline had become too common amongst the Emerging Maroons. Brisbane playmakers Ben …
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Manly, Melbourne and Cronulla go into the final day of the NRL Auckland Nines as the teams to beat after racking up back-to-back victories on day one on Saturday. All …
Continue reading Eagles and Storm fly under Nines radarThe Queensland Reds have shown little indication that they will bounce back from a disastrous 2015 season after being crushed 31-3 by the Crusaders in a Super Rugby trial at …
Continue reading Crusaders steamroll Reds in trial matchThe NSW Waratahs have started 2016 with a bang, beating the Brumbies 21-17 with a late try in their first pre-season Super Rugby trial – minus stand-in skipper David Dennis. …
Continue reading Waratahs win, Dennis concussed in trialAustralia missed the chance to take the big scalp they were after and put an exclamation mark on a successful first day of the inaugural Sydney 7s by drawing 17-all …
Continue reading Aussies, Kiwis draw at Sydney 7sSonny Bill Williams has told Quade Cooper what’s most needed to surprise the doubters in his sevens gamble: “Buy a new set of lungs”. Cooper has been a frustrated yet …
Continue reading Gasp! SBW tells Quade to get new lungsNorth Queensland look to have uncovered the find of the NRL Auckland Nines in Gideon Gala-Mosby but are likely to keep him in cotton wool for the start of the …
Continue reading Cowboys unleash rising star at NinesAustralia have booked a quarter-final berth in the Sydney Sevens thanks to a brilliant individual display by Lewis Holland at Allianz Stadium. Needing to beat Canada to secure their place …
Continue reading Holland fires Aussies into 7s quartersWarriors wrecking ball Konrad Hurrell has escaped sanction for an incident in which he appeared to knee Manly prop Jake Trbojevic in the head at the NRL Auckland Nines on …
Continue reading Hurrell escapes suspension for kneeingSam Tomkins has revealed the real reason for his return to England – he has become a father for the first time. The Wigan and England fullback, who left Super …
Continue reading Parenthood prompted Tomkins’ NRL exitManly, Melbourne and Cronulla are the surprise pace setters on day one of the NRL Auckland Nines but favourites North Queensland and the Warriors fired shots across their bow. The …
Continue reading Eagles and Storm set pace at NinesWarriors star recruit Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has declared his new club free of a culture problem and is determined to turn around their reputation as the most frustrating team in the …
Continue reading RTS feeling the love from WarriorsManly have suffered a horror injury toll at the NRL Auckland Nines, with prop Jake Trbojevic and utility Jamie Buhrer ruled out for the rest of the tournament. Trbojevic suffered …
Continue reading Manly’s Trbojevic injured at NinesAustralia’s John Millman has lost his Open Sud de France quarter-final with big-serving Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 6-3. Henri Mathieu sent down 17 aces to seal the win …
Continue reading Millman crashes out in MontpellierStrike weapon Cameron Clark underlined his cult hero status with a hat-trick of tries in Australia’s opening victory at the Sydney Sevens. Clark set up the 24-7 win over Portugal …
Continue reading Clark hat-trick spurs Aussie sevens winAustralia’s rugby sevens team have kicked off their home world series tournament with a 24-7 win over Portugal at the Sydney 7s. Game-breaker Cameron Clark scored the opening two tries …
Continue reading Aussie sevens team start with a winThe Springboks’ big-name sevens convert, Francois Hougaard, has no doubt Quade Cooper can gain Olympics selection despite limited exposure to rugby’s frenetic shortened game. Unlike Cooper, who only has two …
Continue reading Bok star backs Quade to make Rio gradeTop seed Bernard Tomic has lost his quarter-final with Italian Paolo Lorenzi at the Ecuador Open. The Australian world No.20 Tomic went down to the sixth seed 6-7 (5) 7-5 …
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