He’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 …
Continue reading Hawks win AFL grand final tactical battleJosh Kennedy hadn’t been held goalless once in 24 AFL games this season and the West Coast full-forward’s first barren outing of the year came at the most inopportune time. …
Continue reading Scoreless Kennedy rues Eagles missesAlastair Clarkson deserves to be considered one of the AFL’s coaching greats according to one of his best Hawthorn recruits, Jack Gunston. Clarkson’s fourth premiership success on Saturday moved him …
Continue reading Clarko is one of the AFL greats: GunstonWest Coast coach Adam Simpson was torn. On one hand, he wanted to acknowledge the giant steps taken this year by the Eagles, who came all the way from ninth …
Continue reading Bad day at the office for EaglesInside the euphoric Hawthorn rooms, the two players that had AFL premiership medals around their necks for the first time were among the most deserving winners. Ryan Schoenmakers and James …
Continue reading Schoenmakers, Frawley revel in GF winVenus Williams won her second title of the season at the Wuhan Open in central China on Saturday after Garbine Muguruza retired in the second set. Williams took the first …
Continue reading Venus Williams wins Wuhan OpenNick Kyrgios didn’t have his serve broken but still fell just short of qualifying for a second ATP decider after losing to Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez in the semi-finals of …
Continue reading Kyrgios beaten in Malaysia semi
