The Wallabies are using their dismal record at the Springboks’ fortress Loftus Versfeld as motivation for their battle in the Rugby Championship on Saturday. Since the first Test was played …
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Imagine the worry, the near-forensic analysis, if Hawthorn star Lance Franklin had only managed one goal and five marks so far in this AFL finals series. That is the output …
Continue reading Reid could prove AFL grand final X factorBrad Haddin broke a two-year century drought in first class cricket to spearhead a NSW revival on day one of the Sheffield Shield cricket match against Tasmania at Bankstown Oval …
Continue reading Haddin’s hundred lifts NSW against TigersCollingwood skipper Nick Maxwell remains confident in-demand Travis Cloke will stay with the AFL club. Power forward Cloke’s management has resumed negotiations with the Magpies, after they were put on …
Continue reading Cloke edges closer to Magpies dealQueensland Rugby League (QRL) chairman John McDonald has announced he’ll retire at the end of the year. McDonald informed the QRL board on the weekend he will not be seeking …
Continue reading McDonald to retire as QRL chairmanAs with so much in rugby league, the race to become the code’s eighth Immortal appears to be divided down state lines. Queensland’s Mal Meninga and NSW’s Andrew Johns cannot …
Continue reading Meninga and Johns split Immortal opinionWallabies coach Robbie Deans says frustrated first five-eighth Quade Cooper would be welcome back in the Australian camp despite his criticism that it’s a toxic environment. While the Wallabies have …
Continue reading Cooper welcome to be a Wallaby says DeansBrent Guerra has been applauded for his selflessness, but admits ruling himself out of an AFL grand final is among the hardest things he has ever done. The Hawthorn defender …
Continue reading Hawks’ Guerra praised for his tough callSix years after making his first NRL grand final appearance, Cooper Cronk believes Melbourne’s big-game experience can give them the edge in Sunday’s clash with Canterbury. Cronk is one of …
Continue reading Storm experience is key, says CronkFormer Carlton assistant coach Paul Williams says what he wanted most from the AFL club was the truth. Williams has criticised the Blues over their handling of his departure from …
Continue reading Williams criticises Blues over departureAustralia’s premier cricket umpire Simon Taufel has announced he will quit the international circuit following the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. Taufel will step down from the game’s elite panel …
Continue reading Taufel to step down from cricket umpiringCoach Wayne Bennett admits he can’t believe his luck after Newcastle were able to sign Cronulla forward Jeremy Smith on Wednesday. The Knights found a silver lining from a disappointing …
Continue reading Knights snare Sharks’ Jeremy SmithBuying into an NRL team looms as a serious option for the Papua New Guinea government – but it hasn’t given up on eventually having its own rugby league team …
Continue reading PNG looks to Queensland NRL teamsYouthful exuberance is the prime difference between Sydney’s 2005 premiership side and the one playing in Saturday’s AFL grand final, says Jared Crouch. Now Sydney’s reserves coach, 34-year-old Crouch says …
Continue reading Younger Swans, same culture: CrouchThe World Twenty20 shifts to a higher gear in Sri Lanka on Thursday when the hot favourites begin an intriguing race for the semi-finals in the Super Eights round. The …
Continue reading Big guns set to battle at World T20Steve Smith and Brad Haddin spearheaded a NSW fightback on the first afternoon of the Sheffield Shield cricket match against Tasmania at Bankstown Oval on Wednesday. The Blues slumped to …
Continue reading Blues fight back against Tas in ShieldStuart Dew is a Port Adelaide life member, who came out of retirement to help Hawthorn win the AFL premiership four years ago. In Saturday’s grand final he’ll be plotting …
Continue reading Dew plots downfall of former AFL teamBeating Sydney in Saturday’s AFL grand final would be the last piece of a five-year plan at Hawthorn. This is the last year of their five-year strategy called “five 2 …
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