Carlton’s lack of forward firepower proved crucial in the AFL season-opening loss to Richmond. The Blues dominated early and led by 23 points in the second term, before sliding to …
Continue reading Blues need more AFL goalkickersNow that he has flung that tryscoring gorilla off his back and booted it into the crowd, Josh Morris says he confidence can only grow. Morris finally broke through for …
Continue reading Morris puts NRL try drought behind himWhat a shame that Formula One’s next stop is China. Because its notoriously protest-intolerant government surely wouldn’t look kindly on crowds of demonstrators venting against Bernie Ecclestone’s latest putdown of …
Continue reading Ecclestone on women drivers – againWallabies and Queensland Reds halfback Will Genia has signed a three-year contract to join Top 14 club Stade Francais after this year’s Rugby World Cup. “We can confirm that Will …
Continue reading Genia to leave Reds for Stade FrancaisRichmond beat Carlton by 27 points after a mad opening minute to the AFL season. By the time Carlton recruit Liam Jones kicked the first goal of the season at …
Continue reading Tigers win after big first minute in AFLKevin Pietersen “isn’t on the radar” for an England recall, coach Peter Moores told reporters on Thursday as his squad prepared to fly out to the West Indies. Incoming England …
Continue reading Pietersen not on England radar: MooresThe AFL’s opening round has plenty of selection shake-ups but nowhere more so than Melbourne, which will field seven new players against the Gold Coast on Saturday. Headlining the changes …
Continue reading Dees debut seven, Dons’ AFL guns returnMelbourne’s stark revitalisation as an AFL force has been laid bare, with Paul Roos handing seven players their first match for the club. Great goalkicking hope Jesse Hogan will make …
Continue reading Demons name seven new faces against SunsAny unlikely chance Todd Carney has of returning to Cronulla rests with the embattled club’s board, but the former Dally M medallist remains a possibility of coming back to the …
Continue reading Carney remains a chance of NRL returnNew Wallabies attack coach Stephen Larkham says Australia’s top Super Rugby players were able to briefly put their state rivalries on ice to see the bigger picture at a recent …
Continue reading Love took time at Wallabies camp: LarkhamChiefs coach Dave Rennie has made a swathe of changes to his team to face the winless Blues in Saturday’s Super Rugby clash at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. Mitchell Graham …
Continue reading Rennie rings Chiefs changesManly have moved to shore up their playing roster with durable hooker Matt Ballin recommitting to the NRL club until the end of 2017. After missing out on the signatures …
Continue reading Ballin re-signs with Manly through to 2017As he came off following his first stint on the field during North Queensland’s Monday night clash with Melbourne in Townsville James Tamou had had enough. Enough of being scared. …
Continue reading Cowboy Tamou’s confidence on the riseIsaac Heeney says keeping a lid on his nerves will be key when he makes his AFL debut for Sydney on Saturday. The 18-year-old from Newcastle has been named in …
Continue reading ‘Big kid’ Heeney set for Swans debutWest Coast will unveil debutants Tom Lamb and Jackson Nelson in Saturday night’s clash with the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium, but Liam Duggan narrowly missed out on an AFL …
Continue reading Eagles to unleash Lamb in AFLParramatta forward Richie Fa’aoso has been cleared to return from a serious neck injury by the NRL. Fa’aoso initially retired after suffering the injury in the 2013 season with Manly. …
Continue reading Fa’aoso cleared for NRL returnWorkaholic hooker Matt Ballin has re-signed with Manly until the end of the 2017 NRL season. Ballin debuted for the Sea Eagles in 2007 and holds the record for the …
Continue reading Ballin re-signs with Manly in NRLSydney co-captain Kieren Jack is expecting a fit and fired-up Essendon on Saturday in what he reckons will be an emotional round-one AFL clash. Having fielded a makeshift team during …
Continue reading Bombers will be fired-up, says Swans’ Jack

