Rugby league may be David Simmons’ consuming passion but he’s quitting for what he considers a higher calling – Jesus. The Penrith winger will play his 200th and final NRL …
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It was a deal that almost landed Justin Hodges on a Broncos blacklist. But Wayne Bennett now credits Hodges’ controversial Sydney Roosters move with placing the budding fullback on the …
Continue reading Roosters stint helped Hodges: BennettBAD BLOOD: MEMORABLE BATTLES FROM THE NRL’S BIGGEST AND MOST BITTER RIVALRY, THE ROOSTERS AND THE RABBITOHS * Preliminary final 2014 – Rabbitohs 32 bt Roosters 22 at ANZ Stadium …
Continue reading Roosters and Rabbitohs: 100 years of angstThe full extent of the AFL’s temporary player drain is about to be revealed as top-eight teams try to freshen up a week from the finals. Fremantle will lead the …
Continue reading Dockers to make up to 11 AFL changesHawthorn and Sydney are equal in their AFL win-loss but there’s a gulf between last year’s grand finalists against the teams that matter. Heading into the finals, a ladder that …
Continue reading Hawks lead finalists-only AFL ladderThe NRL’s shot clock will get its first test in the top grade when it’s trialled on Sunday afternoon during the Parramatta-Canberra clash at Pirtek Stadium. Having been experimented on …
Continue reading NRL to trial shot clock in Eels v RaidersHawthorn cult figure Matt Spangher has declared himself ready if the two-time reigning AFL premiers need him through the finals. Spangher was one of the great stories of last year’s …
Continue reading Hawthorn’s Spangher ready to return to AFLCarlton defender Chris Yarran has left the door ajar for a return to the Blues next AFL season. Yarran, after spending time in the VFL this year despite Carlton’s onfield …
Continue reading Yarran not out at Carlton just yet in AFLParramatta NRL coach Brad Arthur has reportedly agreed to a new two-year contract extension but not before a last-minute link to the vacant Newcastle job. News Corp Australia reported on …
Continue reading Arthur in 2-year extension at Eels: reportGreater Western Sydney forward Rhys Palmer has signed a new two-year contract to remain at the Giants until at least the end of the 2017 AFL season. Palmer has had …
Continue reading Palmer signs new two-year Giants AFL dealNewcastle forward Korbin Sims is free to play in the Knights’ final regular-season game after successfully contesting a dangerous contact charge at the NRL judiciary. He fronted the judiciary on …
Continue reading Korbin Sims beats charge at NRL judiciaryA four-match ban for a second strike is set to be a key feature in an overhaul of the AFL’s controversial illicit drugs policy. A working party involving the league …
Continue reading AFL set to ramp up three-strikes policyWayne Bennett’s rejuvenated Brisbane are the greatest Broncos team since the 2006 NRL premiers and one of the club’s best ever, Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy says. Brisbane will vie for …
Continue reading Broncos best since 2006 title: BellamyAs Brisbane sweated on Ben Hunt, Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy claimed an unprecedented spate of injuries had made this year’s NRL title race a “survival of the fittest”. The Broncos’ …
Continue reading NRL finals survival of fittest: BellamyGeelong midfielder James Kelly has joined teammate Mathew Stokes in confirming he will play his last AFL game for the Cats this weekend. But Steve Johnson, the biggest name in …
Continue reading Kelly calls it quits with Cats in AFLGeelong midfielder James Kelly has joined teammate Mathew Stokes in announcing he will play his last game for the Cats this weekend. Kelly, 31, is a triple-premiership player at the …
Continue reading Kelly calls it quits with AFL CatsSamantha Stosur is hoping to get on a roll after surviving the first-round heat in a confident start to the US Open for Australia’s former champion. As a cast of …
Continue reading Stosur likes it hot at US OpenThere are AFL matches in September that get the pulse racing – champion teams squaring off in brutal, see-sawing contests that are remembered for generations. And then there is Melbourne …
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