Australia’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 AFLGermany’s Tommy Haas upset world No.1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-2 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters tournament. Haas was facing his first world …
Continue reading Haas upsets Djokovic at Miami MastersParramatta great Nathan Hindmarsh says Jarryd Hayne has to learn how to better deal with the pressure that comes with being an NRL skipper. Hayne’s ascendancy to the Eels’ captaincy …
Continue reading Hayne must learn NRL captaincy: HindmarshFremantle coach Ross Lyon denies his AFL club is in the market for Lance Franklin, claiming he’s even told Hawthorn counterpart Alastair Clarkson not to worry about the Dockers poaching …
Continue reading Lance Franklin not on Freo AFL radar: LyonThe more Kevin Sheedy pushes the ‘Battle of the Bridge’ tag for Sydney’s season-opening AFL derby, the more stern resistance he is met with by the Swans. Greater Western Sydney …
Continue reading Rivalry tag divides Sydney’s two AFL clubsThe barrier draw for Saturday’s Group One Rosehill Guineas has delivered mixed results for the two leading fancies. Randwick Guineas winner It’s A Dundeel has drawn gate three while Victoria …
Continue reading Rosehill Guineas 2013 barrier draw throws mixed resultsManly coach Geoff Toovey launched a stinging attack on the NRL match review committee in the hours before forward Richie Fa’aoso faced the judiciary over a dangerous contact charge. Fa’aoso …
Continue reading Toovey slams NRL over Fa’aoso chargeAdelaide can make a quick fix to problems which surfaced in their AFL season-opening loss, Crows assistant coach Mark Bickley says. And Bickley says the 35-point defeat to Essendon last …
Continue reading Crows can make quick AFL fix: BickleyEighteen sprinters, including four emergency runners, have been paid up for the Group One Galaxy at Rosehill on Saturday. The capacity field includes the 59.5kg topweight Hay List who has …
Continue reading Hay List draws barrier 14 in The Galaxy 2013Star playmaker James Maloney has backed Sydney Roosters NRL coach Trent Robinson’s hardline approach to club discipline after Luke O’Donnell was stood down due to a series of minor breaches …
Continue reading Maloney backs tough discipline at Roosters

