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St Kilda will miss Lenny Hayes and Maverick Weller for their round-one clash with Melbourne unless they can successfully challenge striking charges at the AFL Tribunal. Hayes and Weller were …
Continue reading Saints pair set to miss AFL round oneManly star Brett Stewart has made an impassioned plea to the NRL to look at salary cap exemptions for long-serving players, with his brother Glenn in the firing line to …
Continue reading Stewart calls for NRL salary cap exemptionNewcastle captain Kurt Gidley has confirmed he’ll start the new NRL season at hooker, with Michael Dobson expected to fill the No.6 role left vacant by the injured Jarrod Mullen. …
Continue reading Gidley expects to play hooker for KnightsAndrew Demetriou is proud of the AFL’s transformation under his watch and insistent his legacy should not be tarnished by the Essendon supplements scandal. He will step aside as AFL …
Continue reading Demetriou to leave AFL proud of his legacyCanberra centre Jarrod Croker has backed new five-eighth Jack Wighton’s strong defence to hold its own against the “world’s best player” Johnathan Thurston in their NRL season opener on Saturday. …
Continue reading Raiders back Wighton in Thurston NRL clashGold Coast midfielder Dion Prestia may have only featured in one half during the Suns’ AFL pre-season but he feels that’s all the game-time he needs. Prestia made his first …
Continue reading Suns star Prestia happy with AFL prepMelbourne see a first round battle with NRL arch-rivals Manly at Brookvale as the ideal way to gauge the benefits of their brutal pre-season when the teams meet on Friday …
Continue reading Melbourne eye Manly as NRL benchmarkFrequent Andrew Demetriou adversary Eddie McGuire has defended the outgoing AFL chief executive’s handling of several major AFL controversies over the past two years. The Collingwood president predictably has ruled …
Continue reading McGuire praises Demetriou for AFL growthAt different stages last season, Peter Wallace and Kevin Kingston were told by their respective NRL clubs their services were no longer needed. Fast forward 12 months and not only …
Continue reading Wallace, Kingston to co-captain PenrithLote Tuqiri is adamant he can still be a force as readies to debut for South Sydney 15 years after his NRL debut. The 34-year-old dual international was one of …
Continue reading Tuqiri backs himself to fire for SouthsLote Tuqiri is adamant he can still be a force as readies to debut for South Sydney 15 years after his NRL debut. The 34-year-old dual international was one of …
Continue reading Tuqiri backs himelf to fire for SouthsIt’s a time of change at West Coast, and not even the new coach knows what to expect. The Eagles started 2013 as one of the premiership favourites, but ended …
Continue reading Unpredictable Eagles set flexible goalsManly will have to dig even deeper into their ravaged front row stocks for Saturday night’s NRL season-opener against Melbourne after co-captain Jason King was ruled out with his ongoing …
Continue reading King ruled out of Manly NRL openerRed-headed, premiership-winning prodigal sons returning to coach are nothing new at the Brisbane Lions. But Justin Leppitsch will hope that’s where the similarities end with his predecessor and former captain …
Continue reading Lions prodigal son returns – againP – Russell Henley has made good on his second chance at the 18th hole and won the US PGA Tour’s Honda Classic in a four-man playoff. The closing hour …
Continue reading Henley wins playoff at Florida PGA eventArgentina’s Federico Delbonis, ranked 61 in the world, won the Brazil Open on Sunday with a three-set success over Italian Paolo Lorenzi. Delbonis, 23, beat his 114th-ranked rival 4-6 6-3 …
Continue reading Delbonis takes Brazil Open titlePrized Parramatta recruit Will Hopoate hopes his new slimmer frame won’t get tossed around too much when he makes his highly-anticipated return to the NRL. The former Manly winger and …
Continue reading Trimmed-down Hoppa excited for NRL return
