Workaholic Wallabies and Waratahs coach Michael Cheika has answered critics of his dual role by declaring he loves the extra workload and describing it as good fun. Some critics questioned …
Continue reading Cheika loving extra coaching workloadUnsure on his best 17 one match before the NRL season proper Cowboys coach Paul Green has unveiled his 20-man squad for the Cowboys’ final pre-season trial against Gold Coast …
Continue reading Green can’t decide on best Cowboys squadNew South Wales have edged closer to a spot in next month’s Sheffield Shield final after a third successive win, this time a one-sided 156-run triumph over Victoria in Wagga …
Continue reading NSW go top after easing past VicsScotland captain Preston Mommsen reckons they have exposed the first chinks in New Zealand’s World Cup armour despite losing their pool game in Dunedin. The Black Caps made surprisingly hard …
Continue reading Beaten Scotland say Black Caps vulnerableWest Coast defender Beau Waters must be sick of the waiting game, but it’s the only game he is able to play at the moment. Waters’ AFL future has been …
Continue reading Eagle Waters still in AFL injury limboThe grandson of Australian motorsport icon Sir Jack Brabham has a chance to race at this year’s Le Mans 24-Hour. Sam Brabham has been chosen to take part in an …
Continue reading Brabham junior gets shot at Le Mans 24hrNew Zealand struck hard and struck early to beat Scotland by three wickets and become the first team to notch two World Cup wins. Playing their first game of the …
Continue reading NZ wrap up three-wicket win over ScotlandEven by the whirlwind standards of modern-day women’s professional golf, it’s been quite a fortnight for Australian teen sensation Su Oh. At the start of the month, she didn’t even …
Continue reading Oh ready to go at Aust Women’s OpenEssendon’s long-running supplements saga should be finished before the season starts in March, AFL boss Gillon McLachlan hopes. ASADA’s case against the Bombers officially closed with oral submissions to the …
Continue reading AFL boss hopes ‘Dons saga nearing endGold Coast recruit Eddy Pettybourne enjoyed his season in the English Super League but the 27-year-old always wanted to return to the NRL. The former South Sydney and Wests Tigers …
Continue reading Pettybourne has NRL point to proveWith negotiations over the AFL’s new media rights deal starting later in the year, Gillon McLachlan concedes he must consider the merit of a twilight grand final. Broadcast heavyweights and …
Continue reading AFL CEO unsure of grand final timingQueensland went past Tasmania’s first-innings total but paceman Andrew Fekete thwarted their progress early on day two of their Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. The right-arm quick …
Continue reading Fekete bags three Bulls wickets in HobartLast time Mitchell Starc played at the Gabba, Shane Warne dismissed him as “soft”. Barely two months later, Mitchell Johnson reckons the revitalised left-arm quick has done enough to earn …
Continue reading Starc our next spearhead: JohnsonDanny Cipriani has admitted he took international rugby for granted before his seven-year Twickenham exile – but has vowed never to relinquish his England place again. The 27-year-old fly-half marked …
Continue reading Cipriani grateful for another England shotFor the first time since 2010 Sam Cane isn’t in a battle with Tanerau Latimer for the Chiefs’ No.7 jersey. Latimer made the move to Japan after last year’s Super …
Continue reading Chiefs No.7 jersey opens up for CaneThey’re drastically lacking height, but the Indigenous All Stars will be aiming to make West Coast eat their dust at ground level when the two teams lock horns in Perth …
Continue reading Eagles ready for All Stars pace blitzIf So Yeon Ryu comes up just short again at this week’s Australian Women’s Open golf championship, it won’t be due to a lack of local knowledge. The South Korean …
Continue reading So hoping to go one better at OpenThe AFL will trial four field umpires in the pre-season competition, with the extra umpire possible in future premiership seasons. AFL umpires coach Hayden Kennedy believes raising field umpire numbers …
Continue reading AFL to trial four field umpires

