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Tonga will channel Saracens’ “wolf pack” spirit to chase a first-ever World Cup quarter-final, according to outside centre Siale Piutau. The Pacific Islanders can still squeeze through to the last …
Continue reading Tonga in fighting mood For Argentina TestThe All Blacks have yet to bring their full game to the Rugby World Cup, coach Steve Hansen said after their 43-10 pool match win over Georgia in Cardiff. The …
Continue reading All Blacks continue fine-tuningIreland captain Paul O’Connell is delighted to be going into a game he expects to be a bruising encounter with Italy accompanied by the second row partner he describes as …
Continue reading Ireland ready for a battering from ItalySo long as Hawthorn’s core group of four-time AFL premiership players keep producing, they will be encouraged to continue their stellar careers. Those stars had crucial roles on Saturday as …
Continue reading Hawks want veterans to continue in AFLHawthorn president Andrew Newbold says his success-soaked club is likely to this year skip the trade window, which has made them so successful, opting instead to add more talent in …
Continue reading Hawks off to draft: NewboldHe’s been on top of the world with Australia and broken records with Queensland, but Cowboys prop Matt Scott says Sunday’s NRL decider is the biggest game of his career. …
Continue reading Cowboys’ Scott wants to repay the NRL clubIt may have failed its biggest test but Jeremy McGovern says the “Weagles Web” will be back bigger and better in 2016. West Coast covered the losses of key defenders …
Continue reading We’ll tweak ‘Weagles Web’: McGovernHandre Pollard kept South Africa’s World Cup revival on track landing 16 points with the boot in a 34-16 victory over Scotland on Saturday. The win took South Africa ahead …
Continue reading Pollard’s boot helps Boks beat ScotsAyumu Goromaru scored 16 points to keep Japan in the race for a historic appearance in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals as they beat Samoa 26-5 on Saturday. The 29-year-old, …
Continue reading Japan within reach of RWC quarter-finalsWakefield, under veteran Australian coach Brian Smith, have preserved their Super League status with a nail-biting 24-16 win over Bradford in the inaugural STG1 million ($A2.2 million) game at Belle …
Continue reading Smith keeps Wakefield in Super LeagueAustralian Casey Dellacqua twice broke Ana Ivanovic’s serve in the first set of their opening round clash at the China Open but failed to capitalise and was bundled out of …
Continue reading Shell-shocked Dellacqua out of China OpenSo much went so right for West Coast this season, which made it all the more glaring when so much went so wrong for them in Saturday’s AFL grand final. …
Continue reading Eagles will learn from GF loss: PriddisAs he had done on the MCG to ruthless effect, Cyril Rioli cut to the chase. The AFL grand final winner’s media conference was wrapping up when Rioli was asked …
Continue reading Rioli’s AFL genius earns him ‘Norm’South African icon Nelson Mandela on Saturday was posthumously inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. The image of the black then South African president dressed in a Springbok …
Continue reading Mandela inducted into rugby Hall of FameHawthorn are the oldest, hottest and among the very best AFL premiership teams in history. Saturday’s 46-point grand final win over West Coast at the MCG confirmed the Hawks as …
Continue reading Hawks confirm AFL greatnessTriple premiership star Brian Lake wants to play again in 2016 and with another stellar performance on grand final day, the 33 year-old will make any push to retire him …
Continue reading Lake, Hale left to consider AFL futuresTo a long list of tactical triumphs, Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson can now add finding a way to unpick the ‘Weagles web’. West Coast’s defensive set-up this year has been …
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