West Coast coach Adam Simpson says the AFL club is still in grieving mode following Saturday’s 46-point grand final hammering at the hands of Hawthorn. Around 1000 fans turned up …
Continue reading Grieving Eagles vow to bounce back in AFLExcitement is building at ANZ Stadium on Sunday ahead of the NRL grand final between North Queensland and Brisbane. The first all-Queensland grand final is scheduled to kick-off at 7.15pm …
Continue reading Excitement builds ahead of NRL grand finalThe sight of Alastair Clarkson and Luke Hodge holding up the premiership cup might be a familiar one but it was no less thrilling for the thousands of fans who …
Continue reading Fans share Hawks AFL premiership joyNine Network has dumped rugby league great Andrew Johns from Sunday’s grand final broadcast after he propositioned a married woman at a Queensland airport on Thursday. Johns was a notable …
Continue reading Andrew Johns dumped from GF broadcastThe unsociable Hawks and their very un-socialist doctrine are the AFL’s unstoppable force. There will be debate about where Hawthorn’s Alastair Clarkson era ranks among the game’s great dynasties. But …
Continue reading Hawks keep defying AFL dogmaHawthorn skipper Luke Hodge admits he was concerned his teammates might wilt under the glare of the hottest AFL grand final on record. Both Alastair Clarkson and West Coast counterpart …
Continue reading Hot and bothered Hawks a concern: HodgePenrith have taken out their second under-20s trophy in three years after outgunning Manly 34-18 in the first curtain-raiser on NRL grand final day. In his first season as a …
Continue reading Ciraldo wins U-20s league cup in 1st yearHarley Bennell will most likely return home to WA and join Fremantle after Richmond decided against recruiting the wayward AFL midfielder. Bennell visited the Tigers in grand final week and …
Continue reading Bennell yet to find new AFL homeImmediately after the final siren, Hawthorn’s reaction to their latest AFL premiership was part celebration, part open-air creche. The Hawks are known as the family club and a feature of …
Continue reading Hawks kids join in AFL flag celebrationsPre-race favourite Alpine Eagle has been scratched from the Turnbull Stakes putting his chances of a Cox Plate start in jeopardy. The Tony McEvoy-trained four-year-old will miss Sunday’s Group One …
Continue reading 2015 Turnbull Stakes Field: Alpine Eagle scratchedHawthorn star Sam Mitchell says the lure of potentially being regarded as the greatest AFL team of all-time will continue to drive the Hawks. A day after Hawthorn claimed a …
Continue reading Lure of AFL greatness to drive HawksWest Coast defender Jeremy McGovern was too nice during Saturday’s grand final shellacking at the hands of Hawthorn, according to AFL great Leigh Matthews. McGovern has come under fire for …
Continue reading Eagles were too nice: Leigh MatthewsPenrith have outgunned Manly 34-18 to take out their second under-20s premiership in three years on the NRL’s grand final day. The temperature almost hit 35 degrees but it was …
Continue reading Penrith beat Manly in under-20s GFHawthorn ruckman David Hale will let his third AFL premiership sink in before he makes the likely decision to retire. While Hawks teammate Brian Lake wants another season, Hale is …
Continue reading Hale yet to make call on AFL futureThe Hawks’ players and legion of AFL fans should be well practised, by now, on shaking off a premiership celebration hang-over. The club on Saturday won their third title in …
Continue reading Hawks, fans celebrate AFL cup threepeatENGLAND HAVE CRASHED OUT OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP AFTER BEING BEATEN BY AUSTRALIA, BUT WHERE DOES IT RANK IN THEIR LIST OF SPORTING FLOPS IN THEIR BIGGEST SPORTS? RUGBY …
Continue reading England’s greatest sporting flopsAustralia’s big win over England has put the Wallabies in the box seat to make a fourth Rugby World Cup final. Now the Wallabies have the chance to secure a …
Continue reading Topping pool crucial for WallabiesThe Wallabies could be hit by a third injury setback within a week after winger Rob Horne suffered a shoulder injury in the famous World Cup thumping of England. But …
Continue reading Beale could step up for injured Horne
