Sydney Roosters’ new fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck admits Anthony Minichiello continues to loom large over the role. Tuivasa-Sheck, largely untested at the back, has been anointed as Minichiello’s successor, shifting from …
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Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is disappointed but outwardly philosophical about the five-week ban slapped on prop Kane Hames as his depleted squad prepares for Friday’s Super Rugby match against the …
Continue reading Highlanders hit hard by Hames’ banQueensland have made steady progress to be 1-72 at lunch on day one of their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria in Alice Springs. Having won the toss and electing to …
Continue reading Queensland start strongly against VicsWhen Geelong were deciding whether or not to take a punt on Mitch Clark, it was very helpful to know that coach Chris Scott had an ace up his sleeve. …
Continue reading Clark to start as forward at GeelongThe bad news keeps on coming for the Queensland Reds, with an injury to recruit Hendrik Tui before he has even pulled on a Reds jersey. Tui fractured his fibula …
Continue reading Tui joins Reds’ lengthy injury listThe NRL’s decision to takeover the competition’s embattled Gold Coast club could revive their bid to recruit representative halfback Daly Cherry-Evans. The Titans appeared to have fallen out of the …
Continue reading Gold Coast Titans still in hunt for DCEAFL umpires coach Hayden Kennedy is confident the league will ultimately adopt a four-umpire system, but has guaranteed there will be no change to the current officiating model this season. …
Continue reading Kennedy confident four AFL umps can workThe All Blacks legend whose scrotum was ripped open in an infamous 1986 rugby union Test match against France, admitted he wasn’t surprised at new allegations Les Bleus were on …
Continue reading France team on stimulants in 1980s: bookAustralian Test spearhead James Pattinson and veteran batsman David Hussey have been named for Victoria against Queensland for the first Sheffield Shield match to be held in Alice Springs. Pattinson …
Continue reading Victoria line up with Test quick PattinsonNew captain Shannon Hurn and 2014 Brownlow Medallist Matt Priddis have both been named in West Coast’s squad for Friday’s AFL pre-season clash against Carlton. Eagles coach Adam Simpson has …
Continue reading Hurn, Priddis named in Eagles’ AFL squadLydia Ko has hinted her appearance at the New Zealand Women’s Open this week could be her last home tournament for a while. World No.1 Ko stands alone as the …
Continue reading Ko can’t guarantee more NZ Open visitsNew Zealand v Australia, the clash between in-form co-hosts and traditional fierce sporting rivals, is being billed as the biggest match to date in the Cricket World Cup. But Black …
Continue reading Black Caps saying cool ahead of Aust clashCanterbury are banking on good old sibling rivalry to sharpen their spluttering attack this NRL season. Despite their charge to last year’s grand final, the Bulldogs were the fourth least …
Continue reading Morris brothers to sharpen Dogs’ attackCarlton coach Mick Malthouse will miss Friday’s opening AFL pre-season game in Perth because his wife is undergoing surgery. Nanette Malthouse is having investigative surgery on her abdomen the same …
Continue reading Malthouse to miss AFL matchJarryd Hayne’s departure rocked Parramatta but coach Brad Arthur believes his 2015 squad is stronger than it was 12 months ago. Arthur is confident moving Will Hopoate to fullback and …
Continue reading Arthur unfazed by Hayne lossAll Blacks hooker Dane Coles will make his captaincy debut for the Hurricanes in their Super Rugby game against the Western Force in Perth on Friday. The Hurricanes have made …
Continue reading Coles to captain Hurricanes against ForceHaving ended one of rugby league’s longest droughts by lifting the Provan-Summons trophy last October, South Sydney are aiming to demolish another long-standing hoodoo by going back to back. In …
Continue reading Souths’ daunting back-to-back NRL taskGold Coast Suns coach Rodney Eade says his fingers are crossed but he can only take players at their word they’re not at risk of being implicated in the cocaine …
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