One-time Essendon import Michael Quinn is set to make his International Rules debut against Australia – before playing in a crucial Gaelic football semi-final just 19 hours later. The 25-year-old, …
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After 23 years, 400 AFL games, two premierships, five International Rules campaigns and countless accolades, Dustin Fletcher has finally reached the finish line. A groin injury sustained midway through his …
Continue reading Fletcher’s AFL career comes to an endSuper Rugby franchise the Stormers have for the first time admitted that newly appointed coach Eddie Jones could leave just weeks after taking over the post. Media reports suggest former …
Continue reading Stormers admit uncertainty over JonesAll Australian ruckman Todd Goldstein has signed a contract extension with AFL club North Melbourne. Goldstein is eligible for free agency at the end of next season but has recommitted …
Continue reading Goldstein extends AFL contract at NorthCraig Bellamy’s son Aaron has been appointed to Melbourne Storm’s coaching ranks ahead of the 2016 NRL season. The Storm announced on Thursday Aaron would join the Storm’s staff under …
Continue reading Bellamy’s son joins Storm coaching ranksRetiring Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt has been recognised at the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Hewitt, who will officially end his career after January’s Australian Open, was presented …
Continue reading Hewitt recognised at ATP World Tour FinalsPrized Collingwood recruit Adam Treloar has reacted angrily to the backlash over his perceived criticism of Richmond’s AFL playing list. Speaking at a Falls Creek training camp on Wednesday, Treloar …
Continue reading Pie Treloar hits back over AFL backlashAll Blacks skipper Richie McCaw has brought down the curtain on his record-breaking rugby career, saying the time was right to hang up his boots. McCaw departs as the game’s …
Continue reading McCaw says time was right to hang up bootsCanberra big man Sia Soliola is backing new recruit Jeff Lima to help restore the club’s depleted forward stocks. Much like Soliola himself did in 2015, Lima returns to the …
Continue reading Lima to fill forwards void: SoliolaEven Mark Winterbottom’s team agrees, it’s Frosty against the world when it comes to winning the V8 Supercars championship. Mark Skaife raised eyebrows this week, describing Winterbottom as the “lone …
Continue reading Waters guns for best V8s support roleAli Lauitiiti’s decision to finish his career where it all began at the Warriors has been welcomed by the NRL club’s superstar halfback, Shaun Johnson. Johnson was just seven when …
Continue reading Johnson praises Lauitiiti signingBefore All Black captain Richie McCaw could call time on his career he first had to say goodbye. McCaw announced his retirement from rugby after a world record 148 Tests …
Continue reading Retiring McCaw lauds legend LomuThey’ve lost one of the game’s most explosive front-rowers, but Wests Tigers captain-in-waiting Aaron Woods reckons management doesn’t need to look far to find the next one. Void of any …
Continue reading Woods nominates Tigers’ next TaupauFormer Leeds and Wakefield forward Ali Lauitiiti is ending his career where it began after signing a one-year deal with Auckland-based NRL club the Warriors. The 36-year-old former New Zealand …
Continue reading Ali Lauitiiti returns to NRL WarriorsHell-bent on unearthing the next Irish AFL star, Sydney Swans premiership-winner Tadhg Kennelly will conduct a combine with the countries top 25 young athletes. Kennelly sits alongside the legendary Jim …
Continue reading Kennelly keen to continue AFL’s Irish pushMatter of fact, immovable and right on the ball. Richie McCaw’s retirement announcement was accompanied by no real bells and whistles, which sums up the man and a rugby career …
Continue reading Curtain closes on McCaw’s stellar careerCHEAP SHOTS ON RICHIE McCAW – v Australia, August 2006 Openside rival Phil Waugh breaks McCaw’s nose with a swinging arm and then he is lucky to escape serious injury …
Continue reading McCaw on the receiving endAll Blacks captain Richie McCaw has announced his retirement from rugby. McCaw, the world’s most-capped Test player, told a media conference on Thursday he will hang up his boots just …
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