Prop Luke Burgess has revealed the threat of the axe is driving South Sydney’s players to turn their season around. Burgess was dumped to reserve grade following the loss to …
Continue reading Luke Burgess wary of axe of RabbitohsAdam Simpson’s first real test as an AFL coach comes this Saturday night – not only is West Coast up against the also unbeaten Geelong, but four of the Eagles’ …
Continue reading Eagles tackle Cats without four starsKangaroos coach Tim Sheens wants to stay at his post for four more years to oversee a transition period heading into Australia’s World Cup defence. Sheens, in his sixth successive …
Continue reading Sheens keen to defend World CupKiwi coach Stephen Kearney says he has no interest in replacing Matt Elliott at the Warriors on a day the NRL club’s multi-millionaire owners became embroiled in a bitter war …
Continue reading Kearney rules out Warriors jobA Kangaroos jersey is in Matt Gillett’s reach as the Brisbane Broncos lock confronts Gold Coast’s star-studded back-row in Friday night’s NRL local derby. The unlikely top-of-the-table clash has grown …
Continue reading Sheens sizes Gillett up for Roos jerseyNorth Melbourne’s joint vice-captain Jack Ziebell will miss a second consecutive AFL game because of a shoulder injury. The Kangaroos are 10th on the ladder with two wins in the …
Continue reading Kangaroos rule out AFL return for ZiebellThe Championships have arrived and thoroughbred racing’s ‘Grand Finals’ are set to produce some exhilarating racing. Four Group Ones will be the highlight on the first of two days of …
Continue reading Doncaster Mile 2014 expert tips and betting analysisNSW Waratahs captain Dave Dennis insists having coach Michael Cheika hauled before a judiciary next week will have no bearing on the side’s performance in Saturday night’s Super Rugby crunch …
Continue reading Waratahs not distracted by coach’s issueIt promised to deliver the best sporting franchise in Australia or New Zealand. But Eric Watson and Sir Owen Glenn’s co-ownership of NRL club the Warriors is unravelling in spectacular …
Continue reading Warriors vision evaporates in war of wordsKiwis coach Steve Kearney is eyeing rookie Parramatta backrower Manu Ma’u for his Test pack as Sonny Bill Williams’ international rugby league career creeps towards an end. Just three weeks …
Continue reading Ma’u in Kiwi mix to replace Sonny BillCommitment and strength secured him the Group One ride on Dissident but it is an affinity with the Randwick mile which could deliver Brenton Avdulla a Doncaster victory. Avdulla has …
Continue reading Doncaster Mile 2014: Avdulla chasing another G1 Randwick mileSt Kilda could go back to where it all began, with the AFL club potentially becoming involved in a redevelopment of the dilapidated Junction Oval. It has emerged that the …
Continue reading AFL moots Saints return to Junction OvalPenrith’s Jamie Soward credits John Sutton’s return to five-eighth as the reason for South Sydney’s improved form and nominates the skipper as the key to the Rabbitohs’ attack. Sutton, who …
Continue reading Soward lauds form of Souths star SuttonJoe Pride can make a genuine case for the odds being in his favour despite TJ Smith Stakes bookmakers barely rating his in-form stable a chance in the $2.5 million …
Continue reading TJ Smith Stakes 2014: Pride in mood for more Group One successGlamour forwards aren’t what they used to be, according to Richmond AFL coach Damien Hardwick. That hasn’t stopped them being the focus of fans’ attention. Friday night’s round-four clash between …
Continue reading Tigers face must-win AFL clash with ‘PiesAfter putting two years of injury hell behind him Kyle Stanley knows the time’s come to start living up to the hype and it may be away from St George …
Continue reading Stanley unsure over Dragons futureSacked batting star Kevin Pietersen still hopes to return to international cricket and become the first England player to score 10,000 Test runs, according to an interview published on Thursday. …
Continue reading Pietersen hopes for Test recallPunters are jumping off the Dockers ($1.67 out to $1.80) in their droves, with all the money with online bookmaker sportsbet suggesting the Bombers will cause an upset after firming …
Continue reading 2014 AFL Round 4 betting preview – Bombers odds slashed

