Australia made two early breakthroughs before Pakistan edged slowly to 2-50 at lunch on day one of the first Test in Dubai on Wednesday. Mitchell Johnson struck in the first …
Continue reading Pakistan reach 2-50 at lunch v AustraliaEssendon great Mark Harvey will return to the AFL club as an assistant coach, completing their match-day staff under James Hird. While Mark Thompson’s future remains unclear, Harvey will fill …
Continue reading Harvey returns to AFL and ‘DonsRugby league legend Tommy Raudonikis appears to be winning his battle with throat cancer. The former NSW halfback revealed his cancer diagnosis during the Blues’ victorious State of Origin campaign …
Continue reading Raudonikis’ good news in cancer battleFormer Wests Tigers assistant coach Todd Payten has found a new NRL home at North Queensland as Paul Green’s understudy. Payten was turfed from Concord as part of a cleanout …
Continue reading Payten joins Cowboys as assistant coachMichael Cheika will embrace the Wallabies coaching challenge in the same cavalier fashion that led the NSW Waratahs to long-awaited Super Rugby glory in 2014. After a whirlwind pursuit by …
Continue reading Cheika to coach Wallabies his wayQuietly spoken former Test vice-captain Geoff Marsh says it was tough moment on Wednesday as he presented his son Mitchell with his baggy green cap on debut in Dubai. West …
Continue reading Emotional day as Marsh, O’Keefe on debutBrisbane Broncos outcast Josh Hoffman will be given the chance to audition for his NRL future during New Zealand’s Four Nations campaign, after Dallin Watene-Zelezniak withdrew from the tournament with …
Continue reading Hoffman gets Four Nations league startBaby-faced teenager Ryan Ruffels is among 10 elite young Australian golfers counting on local knowledge to help them win a dream start at the US Masters. They will tee up …
Continue reading Aussie amateurs eye Augusta berthAustralian tennis rising star Thanasi Kokkinakis is about to follow in his great mate Nick Kyrgios’ footsteps and train with Roger Federer. After Kyrgios studied at the other end from …
Continue reading Aussie tennis teen to train with FedAdmitting the buck stops with him, ARU chief Bill Pulver strongly denies Australian rugby is “a complete mess”. Pulver is hoping Michael Cheika’s appointment as the new Wallabies coach will …
Continue reading Pulver defends rugby from ‘mess’ claimFoundation Broncos coach Wayne Bennett is once again “stamping his authority” by allowing prize NRL signing Ben Barba to return to Sydney, according to Brisbane stalwart Sam Thaiday. Barba is …
Continue reading Barba set to join Broncos NRL exodusEssendon have delisted utility Kyle Hardingham after he was unable to find a new home during the AFL trade period. He was the most notable name among four players who …
Continue reading ‘Dons delist Hardingham in AFLWallabies skipper Michael Hooper is well poised to become the first back-to-back winner of the John Eales Medal on Thursday night. Hooper is the favourite for the peer-voted award as …
Continue reading Hooper favoured for second Eales MedalDesperate times call for different measures and Sam Thaiday has been quick to embrace his previously unwanted role as Australia’s front-row big bopper in the Four Nations. A reluctant prop, …
Continue reading Small Roos pack to muscle up: ThaidayFormer Test vice-captain Geoff Marsh has presented his son Mitchell with his baggy green cap on debut for Australia’s first Test against Pakistan in Dubai. West Australian Mitchell Marsh joins …
Continue reading Marsh, O’Keefe to make Test debutsKurtley Beale’s future in Australian rugby remains up in the air with the troubled playmaker officially overlooked for the Wallabies’ spring tour squad on Wednesday. Beale faces a code-of-conduct hearing …
Continue reading Beale’s Wallabies fate decided on FridayHe built a successful clothing company, has dabbled in restaurants, speaks four languages and once dazzled Collette Dinnigan in French to secure a job – utterly unqualified – with the …
Continue reading Wallabies coach Cheika fluent in successBuckle yourselves in Wallabies fans. There’s plenty of reason for optimism about the national rugby team under new coach Michael Cheika and one thing is for certain – it won’t …
Continue reading Cheika given chance to work rugby magic

