A hoof injury has ruled star sprinter Hay List out of Saturday’s Group One Galaxy at Randwick. Chief steward Ray Murrihy confirmed the injury-plagued gelding would not take his place …
Continue reading Hay List to miss The Galaxy 2013Lightly-raced filly Express Power will be given the chance to race herself into Australian Oaks contention following her last-to-first win at Canterbury on Wednesday. While the leap from midweek company …
Continue reading Australian Oaks 2013 a target for Express PowerNew Zealand’s Chris Pollock, South African Craig Joubert and France’s Romain Poite will referee the three Test matches between Australia and the touring British and Irish Lions, the International Rugby …
Continue reading Referees named for Lions rugby tourJarryd Hayne could be an Eel for life after re-signing with Parramatta until the end of the 2015 NRL season but club great Nathan Hindmarsh says the superstar fullback has …
Continue reading Re-signed Hayne has to learn: HindmarshKnocked senseless by a shoulder charge gone wrong last year, Wests Tigers prop Matt Groat says any attack on the head must be eliminated from the NRL and, if the …
Continue reading Groat backs NRL ban on head contactWhen Wests Tigers pair Benji Marshall and Robbie Farah choose to flick the switch, Manly coach Geoff Toovey says there’s no one in the NRL who can go with them. …
Continue reading Tigers’ Farah, Benji unstoppable: TooveyIf Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson was worried about Fremantle poaching star AFL forward Lance Franklin, he can rest easy. Rumours were building that the Dockers were preparing to offer Franklin …
Continue reading Freo rule out bid for AFL star FranklinThere’s no guarantee he’ll play but Gold Coast utility back Steve Michaels says he’s ready to tackle Penrith on Sunday. Michaels, a regular for the Titans in the past two …
Continue reading Michaels out to prove NRL worth to TitansJohnathan Thurston has a simple solution to how the North Queensland Cowboys can rediscover their mojo: hold onto the ball. Thurston was disgusted by the Cowboys’ performance in their 34-6 …
Continue reading Thurston demands better from CowboysAustralia’s greatest modern flyhalf Stephen Larkham believes both Matt Toomua and Christian Lealiifano would be up for making their Wallabies Test debut against the British and Irish Lions in June. …
Continue reading Toomua, Lealiifano up for Lions: LarkhamMick Malthouse insists it’s not how Carlton start under him, but where they finish that matters. But the three-time AFL premiership coach’s reversion to military references and self-confessed grumpiness as …
Continue reading Grumpy Malthouse says AFL’s Blues readyDane Rampe will be elevated off Sydney’s rookie list and teammates are confident the defender won’t disappoint if called on in round one of the AFL season. Rampe, who returned …
Continue reading Rookie Rampe ready for AFL: SwansExperienced Warriors hooker Nathan Friend is an outside chance to make his NRL return in the Easter Monday clash with North Queensland in Auckland. The workaholic Friend has missed the …
Continue reading Friend a possibility to face NRL’s CowboysPublic complaints prompted the Nine Network to change the way bookmaker Tom Waterhouse appears in controversial rugby league broadcasts. The NRL has also admitted the lines between the 30-year-old bookie …
Continue reading Nine changed bookie scene after complaintsOf all the youngsters to debut in the AFL for Gold Coast, none has been as anticipated as Jaeger O’Meara. Picked up by the Suns as the first pick of …
Continue reading O’Meara AFL debut a key moment for SunsWests Tigers coach Mick Potter lost winger Marika Koroibete to a foot injury for six weeks on Wednesday, but resisted the urge to replace him with a similarly explosive young …
Continue reading Tigers turn to NRL veteran for KoroibeteMark Webber’s manager Flavio Briatore maintains this season will be the Australian’s last at Red Bull. And 2013 could be his Formula One swansong based on his stated position that …
Continue reading Advantage Ferrari says Webber’s managerNew Lions captain Jed Adcock says it’s time Brisbane finally flick the switch and start the AFL premiership season like genuine finals contenders. In the past two years, the Lions …
Continue reading Lions aim to bare teeth early in AFL
