World Cup-winning Wallabies coach Bob Dwyer has shone the spotlight on England’s scrum tactics, suggesting Joe Marler has been getting away with illegal scrummaging for years. The scrum has been …
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Brisbane enjoy a significant big game edge in Sunday’s NRL premiership decider, with Broncos players boasting double the grand final experience of their North Queensland rivals. Of the 17 named …
Continue reading Broncos hold big game edge over CowboysMastercoach Wayne Bennett says getting his charges to buy into an attitude overhaul and shaking them from their comfort zone has been the key to their march to the NRL …
Continue reading Broncos buy into Bennett attitude overhaulWhen Wayne Bennett recruited Adam Blair as part of his overhaul of the Brisbane roster, some questioned whether he had bought a lemon, but he knew he had got a …
Continue reading I never doubted Blair: BennettIf North Queensland prop James Tamou had got what he wished for midway through the year, he’d be somewhere far, far away from the NRL’s decider on Sunday. The 26-year-old …
Continue reading Tamou relief at missing Canberra moveRefreshed as well as battle-hardened is how the Wallabies feel heading into their crucial World Cup pool match with England at Twickenham. While England are coming off an emotionally-draining and …
Continue reading We’re battle-hardened, insist WallabiesSouth Africa coach Heyneke Meyer sprang a surprise in naming halfback Fourie du Preez as captain for Saturday’s key Rugby World Cup clash with Scotland. Du Preez takes the role …
Continue reading Meyer names du Preez as ‘Boks skipperJohanna Konta of Britain upset top-seeded Simona Halep 6-3 3-6 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open on Wednesday. Sydney-born Konta, who came into the Wuhan tournament …
Continue reading Konta upsets top-seeded Halep in ChinaInjury-ravaged Wales have insisted on maintaining the physical intensity of their training sessions ahead of Thursday’s crunch Pool A match against Fiji. Coach Warren Gatland lost three of his best …
Continue reading No training let-up for wounded WelshWinger Waisake Naholo returns to the All Blacks for their Rugby World Cup match against Georgia, 11 weeks after fracturing a leg bone in his Test debut against Argentina. Four …
Continue reading Naholo returns for All Blacks at RWC15Roberta Vinci advanced to the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open tennis tournament on Wednesday by beating defending champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic. The 15th-seeded Italian defeated the two-time …
Continue reading Venus in China tennis last 8, Kvitova outReigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez has undergone surgery in Barcelona to treat a fracture to the fifth metacarpal of his left hand. The Repsol Honda rider suffered the fracture …
Continue reading MotoGP champ Marquez breaks handFormer Australian coach Eddie Jones believes the Wallabies will beat England in their crunch Rugby World Cup pool game on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) if their scrum holds up. The 55-year-old …
Continue reading Scrum key to Aust beating England: JonesHawthorn have put captain Luke Hodge and forward Jack Gunston through their own training sessions as they try to prove their fitness for the AFL grand final. While it will …
Continue reading Hawks put pair through AFL pacesVenus Williams beat Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-3 6-4 on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open. A day after earning her 700th career victory, Williams …
Continue reading Venus bts Navarro, in China tennis last 8Maria Sharapova has announced her withdrawal from next week’s China Open in Beijing, citing a left forearm injury that had forced her to retire two days earlier from the Wuhan …
Continue reading Sharapova withdraws from China Tennis OpenThe West Coast Eagles’ quest for AFL’s holy grail has received a divine boost before Saturday’s grand final. The red and white flag of St George has been replaced by …
Continue reading 2015 AFL Grand Final: ‘Holy blessing’ for West Coast EaglesJust 19 years ago, two-time defending premiers Hawthorn were on the brink of oblivion as a stand-alone AFL club. The only part of the Hawks’ history that is more remarkable …
Continue reading AFL Grand Final 2015: Hawks survived and then thrived in AFL
