THREE REASONS WHY YOUR TEAM SHOULD WIN THE NRL PREMIERSHIP SYDNEY ROOSTERS * Experience counts: Of the sides left in the competitions, the Roosters have the most finals experience with …
Continue reading Why your team will win the NRL titleMiffed by criticism, Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has leapt to the defence of vice-captain Michael Hooper’s decision to go for goal, rather than push for a fourth try, in their …
Continue reading Cheika defends decision to go for goalHawthorn didn’t handle the dimensions of Domain Stadium well in their last visit so they went to school on one of the longest, yet skinniest, AFL grounds in the country. …
Continue reading Hawthorn recreate Subiaco at WaverleyTodd Goldstein’s key to preparing for the most anticipated clash of this weekend’s AFL preliminary finals is focus on himself first and Nic Naitanui second. Four days after Goldstein was …
Continue reading Goldstein to have pivotal AFL duel in ruckWayne Bennett believes unorthodox Brisbane props Adam Blair and Sam Thaiday typify the spirit of their last NRL premiership-winning bookends. But that’s where the similarities with the legendary Shane Webcke …
Continue reading Different props inspire NRL’s BroncosTwo-time premiership coach Denis Pagan has warned West Coast their flag hopes will go up in smoke if they are already thinking about the grand final. The eighth-placed Kangaroos are …
Continue reading Complacency could hurt Eagles: PaganFremantle goalsneak Michael Walters says the tough love he received from coach Ross Lyon saved his AFL career. Walters’ career was at the crossroads in 2012 when he was banished …
Continue reading Lyon’s tough love saves wayward WaltersJules Bianchi’s father admits he still cannot bring himself to watch Formula One almost a year after the Frenchman’s fatal crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Marussia driver smashed …
Continue reading Bianchi’s father can’s watch F1Kevin Pietersen has admitted England’s successful Ashes campaign vindicated the selectors’ decision not to pick him against Australia. Pietersen began the season hoping for an unexpected recall to the Test …
Continue reading KP: England were right to axe meEddie Jones says Japan are still in a perfect position to reach the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals despite a heavy defeat by Scotland. The 55-year-old, who masterminded the shock 34-32 …
Continue reading Jones bullish about Japan’s RWC hopesSamoa coach Stephen Betham says he’s selected a side that is capable of taking full advantage of the wounded South Africans on Saturday Samoa opened their campaign with a 25-16 …
Continue reading Samoa ready to heap more woe on SpringboksEngland’s Sam Burgess pointedly asked “Who?” when informed Wales’ Scott Williams would rather face him than Jonathan Joseph in Saturday’s World Cup showdown at Twickenham. Ten months after his transfer …
Continue reading Burgess unfussed by criticismDenisa Allertova of the Czech Republic has defeated top seed Simona Halep in straight sets in the quarter-finals of the WTA Guangzhou International Women’s Open. Unseeded Allertova pulled off the …
Continue reading Top seed Halep loses China tennis quarterAdelaide captain Taylor Walker has revealed that Patrick Dangerfield told him on Tuesday that he was leaving the AFL club. The phone call was made a day before Dangerfield confirmed …
Continue reading Walker respects Dangerfield’s AFL callTrainer Ken Keys will consult Rich Enuff’s owners before deciding whether the horse will run from barrier 22 in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. “There’s nothing …
Continue reading Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Field: Wide gate gives Keys a G1 headacheJohn Sadler is convinced Charmed Harmony’s best chance of continuing his winning streak is by dictating from the front. But the trainer fears the presence of several on-pace rivals in …
Continue reading Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2015: Leading role key to Harmony’s G1 chancesPlayer manager Liam Pickering claims Michael Talia has been hung out to dry as the AFL investigates a Western Bulldogs complaint. Talia is out of contract at the Bulldogs and …
Continue reading Manager defends Talia brothers in AFLHallam Amos’s 21st birthday present from Wales coach Warren Gatland is a place in the starting line-up for the crunch Rugby World Cup Pool A clash with hosts England on …
Continue reading Amos in for Wales’ RWC15 England clash

