NRL expansion remains very much on the agenda but the lessons from previous failed efforts still resonate down the corridors at Rugby League Central. NRL boss Dave Smith confirmed on …
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They were on the canvas in Centurion, but now South Africa have swung the hardest in the much-hyped battle of the two best pace attacks in the world. The victor …
Continue reading SAfrica prove sultans of reverse-swingThe inclusion of Shane Watson and a re-jigged bowling attack are the two issues Australia’s selectors will pore over before the three-Test series decider starts on Saturday. Watson is progressing …
Continue reading Selectors mull Shane Watson returnIn the wake of Dale Steyn’s reverse-swing rattling Australia in Port Elizabeth, South Africa captain Graeme Smith sounded an ominous warning. “I feel like he’s going to get better and …
Continue reading Steyn to get better warns Proteas captainThe NRL insists the Indigenous All Stars does still have a future despite the huge success of the Auckland Nines and the possibility of an expanded World Club Championship. The …
Continue reading NRL say All Stars game not in threatThe iconic WACA scoreboard has been given a dream 60th birthday present – a guarantee it will continue to be used for years to come. The WACA have introduced an …
Continue reading WACA scoreboard to stayThe Brisbane Lions have little more than three months to secure government funding for their proposed $60 million training base at Springfield. As Lions great Alastair Lynch spoke of his …
Continue reading Lions’ new AFL base in jeopardyWestern Australia coach Justin Langer is confident Marcus North will re-sign with the Warriors, saying the star batsman has plenty more to offer the team. North is the leading run …
Continue reading Langer confident North will stay in WAJosh Dugan will miss at least the opening month of the NRL season with a knee injury in a significant blow to St George Illawarra’s need for a fast start. …
Continue reading Dugan to miss a month of NRLNRL chief Dave Smith predicts rugby league will become the most played sport in Australia with $200m being ploughed into the development of the game over the next four years. …
Continue reading NRL’s CEO predicts huge growth in gameWallabies halves Will Genia and Quade Cooper believe Israel Folau will only keep improving despite rivals like themselves devising better ways to shut down the Waratahs game-breaker. Looking forward to …
Continue reading Reds duo tip more Folau carnageA first Melbourne Group One is in sight for Adelaide jockey Dom Tourneur but he says favourite Hucklebuck still has to step up another notch to win the Australian Guineas. …
Continue reading Tourneur confident ahead of Australian Guineas 2014Jason Day can’t wait to get to the Masters after claiming the biggest win of his career in an epic World Golf Championships Match Play final. The 25-year-old Australian laid …
Continue reading Day ready to kick on after WGC winJason Day switched his focus from money to trophies and it is paying dividends. The 26-year-old, whose first golf club was scavenged from the tip by his father, says finally …
Continue reading Forgetting about cash key to Day successSuspended Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan is set to face further NRL sanctions after appearing at the Sharks’ trial at Remondis Stadium on Saturday. Flanagan sat in a corporate box in …
Continue reading Flanagan faces further NRL sanctionsYou only need to take one look up at Will Skelton’s giant frame to recognise he’s a Wallaby in the making, but the NSW Waratahs enforcer says he must pass …
Continue reading ‘Tahs lock Skelton ready for Reds testQueensland won’t fall into the same trap as the Western Force and will deliberately keep the ball away from Israel Folau in Saturday night’s Super Rugby grudge match with NSW. …
Continue reading Reds aim to limit Israel’s damageThe NRL says it will pump more than $200 million into growing rugby league over the next four years, as it continues to jostle for space in a cramped sporting …
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