Canberra youngster Edrick Lee has been praised for his toughness after playing on with a broken arm during Monday night’s NRL thrashing of Brisbane. Lee’s worst fears were confirmed on …
Continue reading Canberra’s Lee played on with broken armCollingwood coach Nathan Buckley has rubbished suggestions that the Magpies’ so-called Brat Pack are a divisive clique resisting cultural change at the AFL club. The Magpies have this season employed …
Continue reading Buckley backs Magpies’ AFL brat packNSW prop James Tamou has been stood down from State of Origin game two plus one NRL match and fined $20,000 after being arrested for drink driving. Tamou, 24, was …
Continue reading Tamou stood down for Origin twoTalismanic All Blacks captain Richie McCaw said on Wednesday he was “feeling pretty good” after a self-imposed exile from rugby and planned to return to the game in three or …
Continue reading All Blacks captain McCaw close to returnWorld Cup-winning Wallabies captain Nick Farr-Jones is hoping Quade Cooper revives his international career, but says the mercurial five-eighth is too much of a big-game flop to be thrown to …
Continue reading Cooper struggles on big stage: Farr-JonesGreater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy has no qualms about talking up his young key forward Jeremy Cameron, saying he’s just as good as AFL centre half forward of the …
Continue reading Sheedy compares Cameron with AFL legendWorld number 4 Matt Kuchar’s recent run of form hasn’t gone unnoticed, with punters slashing his odds from $34 into $23 at Sportingbet Australia to win the 2013 US Open. …
Continue reading Matt Kuchar supported to beat Tiger Woods in US Open 2013It’s only the half way mark of the season but already Gary Ablett is almost odds on to win his second Brownlow, firming from $3.75 to $2.40 over the weekend …
Continue reading Gary Ablett clear Brownlow Medal 2013 favouriteThe British and Irish Lions’ impressive tour so far has punters growing in confidence the visitors are on track to clean sweep the Wallabies in their three-Test series. The Lions …
Continue reading The British and Irish Lions to clean sweep the WallabiesThe absence of Michael Clarke hasn’t deterred punters from rallying behind Australia to defeat New Zealand in their second Champions Trophy pool game at Edgbaston on Wednesday night Australian time. …
Continue reading Australia shortens against New Zealand in Champions Trophy 2013 game 2His return to Brookvale Oval may not be as keenly anticipated as that of teammate Tony Williams or coach Des Hasler, but Canterbury halfback Trent Hodkinson still expects to feel …
Continue reading Hodkinson braces for Brookvale returnSome big names are set to return for Brisbane but coach Michael Voss admits the days of relying on star players for victory are over for the battling AFL club. …
Continue reading Lions can’t rely on stars any more: VossCollingwood coach Nathan Buckley says it’s disrespectful to the AFL club’s so-called Brat Pack to suggest they are reluctant to be part of cultural change at the club. The Magpies …
Continue reading Magpies’ AFL brat pack on side: BuckleyWhile the likes of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and fellow Australian Adam Scott take the limelight in the lead up to the US Open, Australia’s lesser-known stars believe they can …
Continue reading “Other” Aussies confident at US OpenAustralia’s Champions Trophy captain George Bailey wants England’s methods for gaining reverse-swing monitored, hinting one of the home side’s bowling trump cards for the Ashes may be pushing the rules …
Continue reading England’s reverse-swing tactic questionedFrench international Remi Casty will join the NRL in 2014 after signing a two-year deal with the Sydney Roosters. The move will reunite the rugged prop with Roosters mentor Trent …
Continue reading Frenchman Casty joins Sydney RoostersTwo more seeds were knocked out of the WTA tournament in Birmingham on Tuesday as Tamira Paszek and Urszula Radwanska bowed out in the second round. Paszek, ranked No.29 in …
Continue reading More seeds fall at Edgbaston WTA eventCrouch, touch, set … snooze. The scrum farce that turned the first All Blacks-France Test into a tedious spectacle won’t be repeated over the rest of the series. That is …
Continue reading NZ’s Test scrum borefest tipped to end


