Keeping a low profile won’t be an option for Brisbane recruit Dayne Beams ahead of the Lions’ AFL season opener against his ex-club Collingwood. And it seems the former All-Australian …
Continue reading Beams ready for Pies challengeAnother day, another injury scare for Australia – but this time it had a happy ending. Star batsman Steve Smith was left wincing in pain on Tuesday after being struck …
Continue reading Aussies avoid World Cup injury blowGold Coast coach Neil Henry doesn’t expect any of the players caught up in the NRL club’s cocaine scandal to play in Saturday’s season opener against Wests Tigers. Henry hasn’t …
Continue reading Six new faces for undermanned TitansLast season may have been the best of Josh Reynolds’ NRL career, but defeat in the grand final still burns inside the combative Canterbury five-eighth. Reynolds will play his first …
Continue reading Reynolds still scarred by NRL GF defeatFormer All Black Rene Ranger is returning to New Zealand after gaining an early release from his French club Montpellier and is keen to win back an All Black jersey. …
Continue reading Ranger seeking All Blacks recallFive players are in line to make their Warriors debuts in the club’s NRL season opener against the Newcastle Knights on Saturday. Coach Andrew McFadden has named experienced recruits Bodene …
Continue reading Five new faces named by WarriorsThe NSW Waratahs are expecting the Queensland Reds to target the Super Rugby champions up front in Saturday night’s interstate grudge match at Suncorp Stadium. But with an added focus …
Continue reading Waratahs ready for Reds challengeThe prospect of winning an AFL premiership has convinced inaugural GWS Giants co-captain Phil Davis to commit to the club to 2018, less than a year after he suffered a …
Continue reading GWS re-sign Davis till end 2018 AFL seasonEssendon star Dyson Heppell and St Kilda young gun Jack Billings are the latest players to be sidelined as the AFL pre-season injury toll continues to grow. Heppell experienced knee …
Continue reading Heppell and Billings join AFL injury listBrumbies flyhalf Matt Toomua has warned former teammate Zack “Sherlock” Holmes he’ll be going to great bluffing lengths to prevent him from decoding his backline calls this Friday. Western Force …
Continue reading Brumbies to bluff snooping HolmesJames Segeyaro says Penrith are out for revenge against Canterbury this weekend after the Bulldogs deprived them of a NRL grand final appearance last year. Penrith’s fairytale 2014 run came …
Continue reading Panthers out for revenge against DogsBenn Robinson can barely believe he will become the NSW Waratahs’ most-capped player in Saturday night’s Super Rugby derby against Queensland. Less than a decade after bursting onto the scene …
Continue reading Robinson set for Waratahs milestoneThe NRL have announced changes aimed at improving refereeing in 2015, including nominating a senior referee who will control a minimum of 80 per cent of the game. Two referees …
Continue reading NRL announce new ref changesMelbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith is doing all he can to convince coach Craig Bellamy he’s fit to play in their NRL season opener against St George Illawarra. Originally slated …
Continue reading Storm’s Smith set to face DragonsMelbourne coach Paul Roos has backed the current AFL pre-season format despite the long-term injuries that occurred in the first round of the NAB Challenge. The season-long losses of West …
Continue reading Roos backs AFL’s NAB Challenge preparationJourneyman golfer Dan Olsen has apologised and retracted an unsubstantiated claim that Tiger Woods was serving a drug suspension from the US PGA Tour. Olsen, who played in 35 tour …
Continue reading Golfer backs down from Tiger Woods claimHome is where the heart is and for Martin Kennedy that’s at the Sydney Roosters. Kennedy can hardly believe he’s back at the Roosters after a tumultuous 18 months that …
Continue reading Kennedy back at home at the RoostersCLERMONT-FERRAND, France, March 2 AFP – France halfback Morgan Parra will be out for around 10 weeks with a ruptured posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Parra was forced …
Continue reading France’s Parra ruled out for 10 weeks

