A 20-year-old Brisbane discard with no NRL experience looks set to be the man to fill Daly Cherry-Evans’s boots at Gold Coast. The Titans confirmed on Wednesday that they had …
Continue reading Rookie to fill DCE’s Titans voidNRL veteran Willie Mason has implored the NRL to take a tougher stance on concussion. The Manly prop said on Wednesday he didn’t understand how teammate Steve Matai was allowed …
Continue reading NRL need to do more on concussion: MasonOllie Wines’ AFL season is over, with the bullocking Port Adelaide midfielder to undergo shoulder surgery. Wines was subbed out at quarter-time of last weekend’s win over St Kilda, a …
Continue reading Wines out for the AFL seasonGreater Western Sydney have received a suspended $2500 fine after coach Leon Cameron twice approached the emergency umpire during last Sunday’s loss to Fremantle. AFL football operations manager Mark Evans …
Continue reading GWS fined after Cameron approached umpiresAlastair Cook has offered an insight into the indecision and pressure he senses counterpart Michael Clarke might be combating this week. Clarke’s form continues to be one of Australia’s most …
Continue reading Lack of runs can impact captaincy: CookMichael Clarke has played 113 Tests, and only seven men have donned the whites more often for Australia. Clarke has led the country in 45 Tests, with just five men …
Continue reading Captains baffled over topsy-turvy AshesMark Wood is set to be recalled by England, but mystery surrounds Australia’s XI for the fourth Ashes Test. Wood trained on Monday and Tuesday in Nottingham and, barring any …
Continue reading Wood set to return in fourth Ashes TestAlastair Cook couldn’t imagine a better apprenticeship for Stuart Broad, who this week will adopt the mantle of England spearhead. Jimmy Anderson’s side strain has been likened to Glenn McGrath’s …
Continue reading Broad perfectly placed to step up: CookGold Coast have signed former New Zealand international back-rower Zeb Taia for the next two NRL seasons. The 30-year-old former Parramatta and Newcastle player has been playing for the past …
Continue reading Titans sign Taia, rookie half to NRL dealsThe AFL have scheduled six Saturday matches across five states for the concluding round of the home-and-away season in an attempt to maximise the break for likely finalists. The only …
Continue reading Six Saturday AFL games in round 23South Sydney back-rower Ben Lowe has retired from the NRL due to injury. Lowe played 117 games for the Rabbitohs between 2008 and 2015. He last played in Souths’ thrashing …
Continue reading Souths’ Lowe retires from NRLMatt Ballin says he stuck by Manly in the tough times and expects that faith to be repaid. Ballin has vowed to fight for his future at the Sea Eagles …
Continue reading Ballin expects Manly to repay faithBlake Ferguson has set his sights on playing out his career with Sydney Roosters, after re-signing with the NRL club on Wednesday. Ferguson has put his chequered past behind him …
Continue reading Ferguson keen to be a Rooster long termWarriors coach Andrew McFadden believes some shoulder charges should be allowed in the NRL. McFadden says dangerous tackles should be outlawed, but some challenges were “just really good contact”. “I …
Continue reading McFadden believes some shoulder charges OKHe came off the worse last time but Wallabies halfback Nick Phipps says he relishes his looming clash with All Blacks livewire Aaron Smith. The two halfbacks will battle it …
Continue reading Wallaby Phipps wary of Aaron SmithGeelong coach Chris Scott says the primary task for the Cats on Saturday night will be to play as hard as they possibly can in what he expects to be …
Continue reading Scott confident of pro-Goodes receptionCronulla describe Andrew Fifita as one of their shining lights but say his loss for the rest of the NRL season would not extinguish their top four hopes. Andrew and …
Continue reading Sharks admit Fifita drama a distractionGeelong will resist the temptation to hand Dan Menzel his first AFL match in four long years this weekend, despite losing Steve Johnson to suspension. But such has been the …
Continue reading Cats’ Menzel moving closer to AFL recall

