Joel Selwood might be the AFL’s “leader of bleeders” but in terms of sport’s blood-spattered warriors, storied boxer Chuck Wepner sets the gold standard. It emerged during Tuesday night’s AFL …
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Punters are scouting wide when looking for the winner of tomorrow’s Newcastle Gold Cup. The Chris Waller trained Secessio ($10) is the best supported runner with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au. Stablemate Multilateral is the $4.40 …
Continue reading Money for long odds shot in 2014 Newcastle Cup FieldFormer Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin has emerged as the early front-runner for the Wests Tigers job after Mick Potter was shown the door by the joint-venture club on Wednesday. The …
Continue reading Tigers on the hunt for another NRL coachAdam Goodes doesn’t really dwell on the past, or even on the future – he’s always more interested in the present. When he first laced up the boots for Sydney …
Continue reading Ever-present, evergreen: 350 for GoodesFormer Australian cricket coach Mickey Arthur wants at least 30 per cent of players inducted into the Western Force’s new junior academy to go on to play Super Rugby. And …
Continue reading Mickey Arthur sets sights on rugby gloryRising tennis star Omar Jasika has been awarded a wildcard for the Malaysian Open on the back of his stunning US Open juniors campaign. The ATP 250-level event in Kuala …
Continue reading New tennis star Jasika in Malaysian OpenPort Adelaide want to lure disgruntled ruckman Paddy Ryder from Essendon, describing him as a fantastic potential recruit. Ryder’s future at the Bombers is in limbo despite being contracted to …
Continue reading Port want disgruntled Bomber Paddy RyderHe’s a livewire indigenous forward dubbed an X-factor in Saturday’s AFL preliminary final – but he’s not Cyril Rioli. Port Adelaide believe their dangerous attacker Jake Neade rivals Hawthorn’s Rioli …
Continue reading Neade is Port’s finals X-factor: BoakRecalled halfback Will Genia won’t sign to play with Sam Burgess at Bath anytime soon and insists he’s as hungry as ever to hit new Wallabies heights. Despite being viewed …
Continue reading Hungry Genia not warming up for BathEight years and as many AFL All-Australian selections later, it’s worth remembering where Gary Ablett and Geelong were at the end of a disastrous 2006 season. Ablett’s already-lofty standing in …
Continue reading Review helped spark Ablett’s AFL streakWill Genia returns but Will Skelton has been axed as the Wallabies look to restore pride and snare some silverware on their two-match tour of South Africa and Argentina. Three …
Continue reading Wallabies’ shake-up for two-Test tourOnly once in the NRL era has a minor premier been dumped out of the finals in successive losses – an ignominy the Sydney Roosters are desperate to avoid. After …
Continue reading Roosters desperate to avoid NRL ignominyNRL CEO Dave Smith says it is a “ridiculous notion” to think the North Queensland Cowboys are being unfairly treated. Tensions again flared between the league and the Cowboys on …
Continue reading Cowboys treated fairly: NRLPort Adelaide captain Travis Boak says there’s no sense of satisfaction at reaching an AFL preliminary final. Boak says Port, starved of finals for so long, are now greedy for …
Continue reading Port not satisfied with AFL finals: BoakAustralia captain Michael Clarke remains on track to play in the first Test against Pakistan beginning on October 22, despite being ruled out of the preceding one-day series. However team …
Continue reading Clarke on track for first Test: physioWallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has dispatched Will Skelton back to the NRC to prevent the giant young lock from ballooning way out of Test shape. Skelton was the glaring omission …
Continue reading Wallabies dump super-sized SkeltonLate AFL great Jim Stynes has been immortalised in bronze outside the MCG. A statue of the 1991 Brownlow medallist has been unveiled in front of some of the AFL’s …
Continue reading Jim Stynes immortalised outside MCGSydney stalwart Adam Goodes says he still has a lot to offer, but won’t decide whether to play on for what would be a 17th AFL campaign until the current …
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