In Jeremy Tilse’s own words, it’s been a long pre-season. Seven years long in fact. But heading into his eighth season at the Waratahs, the giant NSW prop will finally …
Continue reading Tilse ready to rumble in run-on Tahs debutRicky Ponting will be playing cricket in England this northern summer as Australia battles it out for the Ashes after all. Former Australian captain Ponting has agreed to a two-month …
Continue reading Ponting set for County Cricket stintARL Commission chairman John Grant says rugby league is in the best financial position in its history and the future is bright for all 16 NRL clubs. The Commission and …
Continue reading ARLC chairman Grant bullish about futureIt’s not quite the No.1 ranking Australia captain Michael Clarke is chasing, but a 2-0 win or better over India would lift his side one spot to No.2 on the …
Continue reading Australia can jump to No.2 Test sideAustralia may have found a new weapon for the Ashes after Pakistani refugee Fawad Ahmed bowled Victoria to an outright win on his Sheffield Shield debut on Thursday. Ahmed, 33, …
Continue reading Ahmed bowls Vics to Shield winIt’s not quite the No.1 ranking Australia captain Michael Clarke is chasing, but a 2-0 win or better over India would lift his side one spot to No.2 on the …
Continue reading Aust can jump to No.2 Test sideThe Victorian Open was turned upside down on Wednesday with first-round leader Nick Gillespie sensationally disqualified for failing to sign his scorecard. The New Zealander was elated after finishing his …
Continue reading Gillespie disqualified from Vic OpenTwo-time British road racing champion Leon Camier is convinced he can finally make an impact at Phillip Island, at this weekend’s opening round of the 2013 Superbike World Championship. Camier …
Continue reading Camier confident ahead of Superbike startTasmania’s tail-enders have helped the Tigers scrape to 9-203 at tea on the first day of the cut-throat Sheffield Shield match with Western Australia at the WACA Ground. WA captain …
Continue reading Tigers battle against WA in ShieldGreater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy and Sydney counterpart John Longmire both raised concerns on Thursday about the AFL’s trial of an interchange cap in the pre-season. GWS and the …
Continue reading Sheedy, Longmire question rotation capAustralia’s bowling attack will focus on swing in the orange dust of Chennai in the first Test starting on Friday, while for India the spin is the thing. While some …
Continue reading Aust focus on swing in IndiaAustralia captain Michael Clarke has put his batsmen on notice that a nice 50 isn’t going to cut it on this tour of India. The skipper says if the tourists …
Continue reading Clarke demands big hundredsInjured Black Caps opener Martin Guptill, already out of the remaining cricket one-dayer against England, will also miss the three-Test series against the tourists. A hamstring strain means Guptill will …
Continue reading Guptill to miss Tests through thumb injuryLeg-spinner Fawad Ahmed emerged as a future Test prospect as he bowled Victoria to an outright victory over Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match at the MCG on Thursday. Ahmed, …
Continue reading Ahmed bowls Victoria to Shield winHis coach says don’t pick him. But Chadd Sayers’ opponents reckon he’s an Ashes special. The South Australian paceman enhanced his Ashes claims in the Redbacks’ four-wicket Sheffield Shield win …
Continue reading SA’s Sayers an Ashes special: NSW captainThere’s a lot riding on the result of the Futurity Stakes – and not just for those horses racing in the Group One weight-for-age contest. The performance of race favourite …
Continue reading All Too Hard’s Australian Guineas run rides on Futurity Stakes resultNo trainer at Warwick Farm on Saturday will get a better insight into their autumn carnival prospects than Guy Walter. Walter will roll out his biggest stars, headed by Group …
Continue reading Southern Cross Stakes 2013 return for Streama“If you’re going to go to a gunfight you might as well take the right weapons.” For the Queensland Reds, bracing for a forward onslaught by an imposing NSW Waratahs …
Continue reading Reds unleash Big Ed to counter ‘Tahs
