Luckless Carlton have suffered yet another injury blow with Dale Thomas ruled out for the rest of the AFL season. Thomas, 27, will undergo shoulder surgery to correct an issue …
Continue reading Blues lose Thomas to season-ending surgeryManly five-eighth Kieran Foran will run out against the Wests Tigers on Friday night despite battling the flu. Foran trained on Tuesday morning but was given the afternoon off to …
Continue reading Foran battling flu in lead up to TigersNSW captain Paul Gallen has slammed Queensland as “grubby” and “disrespectful”, setting the scene for a volatile encounter in State of Origin II at the MCG on Wednesday. In his …
Continue reading Gallen slams ‘grubby, disrespectful’ QldThey still don’t know officially when – or even if – he’s coming, but Canberra players say Joey Leilua would be a quality addition to their NRL side. Hours after …
Continue reading Raiders welcome Leilua’s touted NRL moveNSW skipper Paul Gallen has lauded Queensland counterpart Cameron Smith as rugby league’s best player. In a rare departure from his tough talk towards Queensland in the lead up to …
Continue reading Smith is rugby league’s No.I says GallenPenrith centre Dean Whare hopes he can help spark a stuttering attack that has recently lost sight of the tryline in the midst of the club’s injury crisis. Even before …
Continue reading Penrith out to break tryscoring droughtBrett Morris’ shift to fullback for Canterbury this NRL season shapes as a game changer for NSW ahead of State of Origin II. So successful was Morris’ move from his …
Continue reading Brett Morris key to Blues’ Origin hopesGreater Western Sydney’s hopes for a debut finals campaign have been hit hard by more dire injury news, with in-form ruckman Shane Mumford ruled out for the rest of the …
Continue reading Mumford, Davis injury blows for gutted GWSIn-demand Carlton forward Lachie Henderson says he wants to stay with the Blues but has again refused to put a timeframe on signing a new deal with the struggling club. …
Continue reading No hurry on new Blues deal: HendersonRichmond’s three-pronged tall attack may never get a better chance to spear West Coast than in Friday night’s big AFL clash. Having combined for seven goals in the Tigers’ impressive …
Continue reading Tigers to again go tall in AFLJames Courtney says he’ll do whatever it takes to beat Holden rivals Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes and end their stranglehold on the V8 Supercars title. The Holden Racing Team …
Continue reading It’s time we take them down: CourtneyJason Day believes Tiger Woods could contend for his 15th major championship this week – but only if his erratic driver cooperates. World No.10 Day, who has struck up a …
Continue reading Driver the key for Tiger: Jason DayIf there wasn’t a flag, you would be hard pressed to find the greens at this week’s US Open venue Chambers Bay. Yet it is in the level of acceptance …
Continue reading Unique greens key to US OpenStephen Dank, the central figure in Essendon’s supplements program, allegedly wanted to use an untested racehorse drug on AFL players at the club. News Corp Australia has published a 43-page …
Continue reading AFL, ASADA want lifetime ban for DankMick Malthouse says he was “absolutely shocked” to discover troubled ex-AFL star Ben Cousins started taking drugs while he was coaching him at West Coast. Cousins publicly fell from grace …
Continue reading Malthouse ‘shocked’ at Cousins’ drug abuseQueensland captain Cameron Smith admits selectors may face a dilemma when Cooper Cronk returns from injury if replacement halfback Daly Cherry-Evans inspires a State of Origin II win on Wednesday …
Continue reading DCE may cause Qld dilemma: SmithCameron Smith is the man NSW must stop in order to send the State of Origin series to a decider, Blues skipper Paul Gallen believes. Queensland and Australia captain and …
Continue reading Smith the Blues’ biggest danger: GallenCronulla are hoping skipper Paul Gallen can come through the State of Origin period unscathed and lead them on an NRL finals run. The Sharks returned to training this week …
Continue reading Sharks sweat on healthy Gallen return

