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A degenerative ankle injury has forced Carlton midfielder Heath Scotland to end his AFL career. Scotland had been placed on the Blues’ long-term injury list for the rest of the …
Continue reading Carlton’s Heath Scotland ends AFL careerComplacency may finally become a problem for all-conquering State of Origin champions Queensland, frank Maroons captain Cameron Smith says. But the Maroons skipper hoped the depleted New Zealand Test team’s …
Continue reading Qld may be complacent: SmithClearance machine Anthony Miles is set to play his first AFL match for Richmond against his former club Greater Western Sydney on Saturday. After showing excellent signs in the VFL, …
Continue reading Miles set to play against former AFL clubYou know it’s State of Origin time when NSW captain Paul Gallen starts dubbing abusive Queensland fans “two heads”. It was a light-hearted jibe, made in front of NSW Premier …
Continue reading Gallen’s ‘two heads’ barb to fire MaroonsAxed NSW State of Origin halfback Mitchell Pearce has been made a “scapegoat” by a success-starved Blues, Queensland pivot Johnathan Thurston says. Pearce paid the price for a wild night …
Continue reading Pearce a NSW Origin scapegoat: ThurstonWallabies No.8 Wycliff Palu has revealed the unglamorous secret behind the NSW Waratahs’ transformation from perennial under-achievers to Super Rugby title contenders. Palu says coach Michael Cheika is training the …
Continue reading Fitness work transforms WaratahsAs coach of an AFL side set to confront the Cats in Geelong, Brad Scott was happy enough to learn of Steve Johnson’s one-match ban. But as a fan who …
Continue reading North coach laments Steve Johnson AFL banFremantle coach Ross Lyon reckons Hawthorn are simply too classy to allow a worrying injury toll to kill off their premiership chances. Lyon rates the Hawks, Swans and Power as …
Continue reading Dockers coach backs Hawks to stay strongCollingwood coach Nathan Buckley has praised Sydney’s Dan Hannebery for a contentious AFL bumping incident that attracted match review panel scrutiny. Buckley said Essendon opponent Michael Hurley had used incorrect …
Continue reading Buckley: AFL’s bump verdict rightQueensland fullback Billy Slater never felt his position in the Maroons’ line-up was under threat despite Greg Inglis’s stellar form in the No.1 jersey for South Sydney. The Melbourne custodian …
Continue reading Inglis fullback claim no bother for SlaterThe Melbourne Rebels are putting their contentious Super Rugby win over the Queensland Reds behind them to focus on fast-tracking new halfback Ben Meehan to meet the NSW Waratahs. The …
Continue reading Rebels’ Meehan gets Super chanceNSW coach Laurie Daley accepts throwing rookie halves combination Trent Hodkinson and Josh Reynolds into the State of Origin cauldron at Suncorp Stadium next week is a selection gamble. On …
Continue reading NSW halves a ‘calculated gamble’: DaleyGeelong star Steve Johnson will miss Friday night’s AFL home clash with North Melbourne after accepting a one-match ban for headbutting Fremantle tagger Ryan Crowley. Even though the incident was …
Continue reading One-match AFL bans for Johnson and DawesWithin moments of Justin Hodges suffering the second serious achilles injury of his career, his thoughts turned to this year’s State of Origin campaign. The 31-year-old, sidelined for the entire …
Continue reading Origin a key motivation for Qld’s HodgesWest Coast coach Adam Simpson believes his team’s slow starts might be the reason behind their sluggish finishes. The Eagles sit 4-4 heading into Saturday’s AFL clash with Collingwood at …
Continue reading Eagles aim for fast AFL start against PiesChiefs prop Ben Tameifuna is not giving up hope of a recall to the All Blacks. The 22-year-old was last part of the All Blacks’ set-up in June 2012 but …
Continue reading Tameifuna fights for All Blacks recallMark Webber has praised three-time Formula One champion Sir Jack Brabham for playing such a key role in his own successful career. Brabham died at his Gold Coast home on …
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