NSW coach Laurie Daley is urging players to contact the NRL if they suspect teammates have an addiction to prescription drugs. Daley’s comments come in the wake of South Sydney’s …
Continue reading Dob in NRL drug addicts: Laurie DaleyHOW THE WALLABIES RATED AGAINST FIJI Israel Folau: Looked the most likely threat, and his powerful run to start the second half helped set up Sekope Kepu’s try. 8 Adam …
Continue reading Wallabies ratings in World Cup openerJapan coach Eddie Jones refused to blame a short turnaround for his side’s second-half collapse against Scotland at the Rugby World Cup. While Wednesday’s match was Scotland’s first of the …
Continue reading Japan coach Jones makes no excusesThe coaches, and their own individual rugby league philosophies and backgrounds will likely determine the winners in the NRL preliminary finals, as much as the players who take the field …
Continue reading NRL coaches’ philosophies ring trueIt shapes as the end of the era and the closing of the Sydney Roosters’ premiership window. But Trent Robinson has fought back against suggestions the Tri-colours’ time at the …
Continue reading Not the end of an era: RoostersHawthorn defender Josh Gibson has warned that Fremantle’s attack is much more potent than it’s recent AFL output suggests. The first-time All-Australian says he and his fellow backmen will have …
Continue reading Gibson says Dockers’ AFL attack has biteEngland-bound Brisbane forward Mitchell Dodds admits he doesn’t want to leave the club after emerging as a key piece to the Broncos’ NRL title tilt. Dodds announced just weeks ago …
Continue reading Dodds laments leaving NRL’s BroncosScotland coach Vern Cotter was happy just to get a win over World Cup giantkillers Japan and indicated it could have been more convincing than the 45-10 scoreline suggested. The …
Continue reading Scotland coach satisfied with Japan winA stellar two-try performance from David Pocock has powered a rusty Wallabies to a 28-13 win over Fiji in their World Cup opener. In what was a far from a …
Continue reading Pocock stars in Wallabies WC winTalk of New Zealand posting a century or more against minnows Namibia in a World Cup clash is way off the mark, according to All Blacks coach Steve Hansen, who …
Continue reading Hansen not expecting Namibia walkoverMark Bennett scored two tries and captain Greig Laidlaw kicked 20 points as Scotland destroyed World Cup giantkillers Japan 45-10 on Wednesday. Japan’s heroics beating South Africa 34-32 left them …
Continue reading Scotland bring Japan back down to earthEngland are set to reshape their midfield if Jonathan Joseph is ruled out of this weekend’s World Cup match against Wales with Owen Farrell set to start at fly-half and …
Continue reading Burgess set for England inclusionSouth Sydney’s England prop George Burgess has been ruled out of the three-match Test series with New Zealand due to injury. The 23-year-old is to undergo hip surgery which will …
Continue reading George Burgess out of England league TestsA Dally M boycott appears to have been averted, with the NRL reportedly agreeing to give players a seat on the competition rules committee and an extra week of annual …
Continue reading No Dally M ban: union, NRL reach agreementThanasi Kokkinakis has been bundled out of the St Petersburg Open in the first round by Spaniard Marcel Granollers. Granollers took the match 6-3 6-3, in a little over 75 …
Continue reading Kokkinakis sent packing in RussiaSamantha Stosur’s quest for yet another title in Japan has come crashing to a halt with a 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 4-6 loss to Swiss eighth seed Belinda Bencic at the …
Continue reading Sun sets on Stosur in Japan tennisSouth Africa on Wednesday brought back big guns such as Willie le Roux and Duane Vermeulen to tackle Samoa in the World Cup on Saturday in eight changes to the …
Continue reading Springboks make eight changes at RWCIt appears Lewis Jetta ended his Sydney Swans career in the substitute vest, with the Swans confirming the speedster has requested a trade. Jetta asked to be traded to Fremantle …
Continue reading Swans confirm Jetta wants WA trade

