Prized 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 …
Continue reading All Black great McCaw retiresWidnes Vikings’ Australian forward and former NRL player Danny Galea has announced his retirement at the age of 32. Galea made 51 appearances for the Vikings since joining them from …
Continue reading Galea says goodbye to rugby leagueNSW’s record State of Origin humiliation is in the mind of every Blues player as they prepare for the 2016 NRL season. Queensland’s record 52-6 thumping in the series decider …
Continue reading Record Origin loss still hurts BluesThe days of violent off-the-ball carnage that threatened to kill the International Rules Series a decade ago are long gone for an Australian ‘Dream Team’ intent on redeeming themselves after …
Continue reading Aussie ‘Dream Team’ out for Irish revengeSydney Roosters supremo Nick Politis and Penrith counterpart Phil Gould are set for a bidding war to land Jarryd Hayne’s signature should the former rugby league star cut short his …
Continue reading Panthers and Roosters circling HayneRafael Nadal has shown he was getting back to his best as he crushed Andy Murray at the World Tour Finals with an impressive 6-4 6-1 victory. The Spanish fifth …
Continue reading Nadal wins as Murray crumblesRugby league’s most fractured relationship is “75 to 80 per cent” sorted, with Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor confirming Robbie Farah will remain at the club in 2016. Farah will …
Continue reading Taylor says Farah to stay, play at Tigers

