Fremantle have big plans for their attacking set-up this year. Giant plans, actually. The Dockers have struggled for key-forward options in recent years, with skipper Matthew Pavlich often forced to …
Continue reading Dockers to go big in attack in 2015Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has nominated Michael Walters as a potential future captain, but things aren’t looking so rosy for banished veteran Colin Sylvia. Star midfielder Nat Fyfe has been …
Continue reading Walters is captaincy material: Ross LyonThe sister of St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt has died after a five-year battle with aplastic anaemia. Riewoldt, his parents, brother Alex and other family members were present at Madeleine …
Continue reading Nick Riewoldt’s sister diesThere may be three rounds of the Sheffield Shield to go but NSW could come close to securing a spot in the final with a win over Western Australia in …
Continue reading Blues eye Shield final spotA battered NSW Waratahs side are grateful for an early season bye in a punishing Super Rugby campaign which could conclude with them playing for 13 straight weeks. Any disappointment …
Continue reading Waratahs grateful for Super Rugby byeThe Gold Coast may be “famous for fun” as the tourism slogan goes, but it’s anything but fun for professional sports administrators trying to crack the market in Australia’s sixth …
Continue reading Titans battle to avoid Gold Coast curseNRL boss Dave Smith has promised the Gold Coast Titans have a long-term future after the governing body took control of the embattled club’s licence. As the Titans reels from …
Continue reading NRL vows long-term future for TitansAustralia have named a full-strength team for next month’s Davis Cup World Group first round tie against the Czech Republic. Young stars Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic are the likely …
Continue reading Australia at full strength for Davis CupWallabies prop Tetera Faulkner has re-signed with the Western Force for a further two seasons, tying him to the Perth-based franchise until 2017. Faulkner began his career at the Force …
Continue reading Wallaby prop Faulkner re-signs with ForceNRL boss Dave Smith has confirmed the league has taken over ownership of the Gold Coast Titans as the struggling club reels from drug allegations against five players. MORE TO …
Continue reading NRL takes over Titans licenceThe AFL remains adamant it has received no information linking any of its players to the drug allegations involving Karmichael Hunt. AFL chief executive Gill McLachlan said while it appeared …
Continue reading AFL says no links to Hunt crisis yetBack in March 1995, a mock war game at Mt Smart Stadium heralded the Warriors’ entry into the NRL. The action that followed the pre-match entertainment also contained plenty of …
Continue reading McFadden confident Warriors on the upMelbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy says his team has drawn added motivation for the 2015 NRL season from their painful finals exit last year. The team were eliminated in week …
Continue reading Finals exit provide Storm motivationPeter Siddle doesn’t know if national selectors will call his name or walk on by after the World Cup. But Siddle plans on giving them little option, as he and …
Continue reading Siddle still has spring in his stepThere are bad seasons and then there’s Cronulla’s 2014. The debilitating ASADA investigation, the ignominy of Todd Carney’s infamous bubbler incident and an injury list the length of an electoral …
Continue reading Summer of change puts Sharks on courseSam Mitchell, Jarryd Roughead and Josh Gibson are among 13 members of Hawthorn’s 2014 premiership team named in the squad for Thursday night’s opening AFL pre-season clash Collingwood in Launceston. …
Continue reading Mitchell, Roughead in Hawks squadThe lawyer representing Gold Coast Titans players accused of drug offences has warned it could take 12-18 months for the cases to be finalised. It leaves Titans management and the …
Continue reading Accused players suing Titans ‘premature’Parramatta coach Brad Arthur admits he’s uncertain what the future holds for veteran back-rower Richie Fa’aoso after the NRL decided not to register his contract. Fa’aoso, 30, was forced into …
Continue reading Arthur unsure over Fa’aoso’s future

