Jason Taylor has emerged as the leading contender for the Sydney Roosters coaching role vacated by Brian Smith. Widely believed to have lost the faith of his players, Smith was …
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Defender Brent Guerra hopes to be running again early next week as he desperately tries to return to Hawthorn’s side for the AFL finals series. Guerra was on crutches after …
Continue reading Guerra aims for AFL finals returnDumped by the Wests Tigers for the 2012 season, Cronulla prop Bryce Gibbs is preparing for the ultimate revenge – an NRL premiership. Gibbs was let go by the Tigers …
Continue reading Gibbs chasing premiership revengeCanterbury’s Josh Morris has paid tribute to Jamie Lyon and says the experienced Manly star centre is in the best form of his NRL career. Lyon, who has turned his …
Continue reading Bulldog Morris hails Manly star LyonSouth Africa coach Heyneke Meyer expects pressure on counterpart Robbie Deans to bring out the best in the Wallabies, and has responded with several changes of his own for Saturday …
Continue reading Springboks wary of inspired WallabiesInterim ARLC chief executive Shane Mattiske has told NRL club bosses rugby league is in the best shape of its 104-year history. Mattiske addressed chief executives on Wednesday with the …
Continue reading Mattiske hails stellar year for leagueAustralia’s David Hussey says fellow spinner Xavier Doherty is maintaining a positive attitude for the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka despite being overlooked for the one-day series against Pakistan. …
Continue reading David Hussey backs Doherty to performMelbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy concedes his team isn’t playing as well as he hoped heading into the NRL finals but feels it’s gaining some timely momentum. Few coaches would …
Continue reading Bellamy says Storm to improve for finalsThe form guide has been thrown out the window by North Queensland ahead of their NRL elimination final against a lowly rated Brisbane Broncos in Townsville on Saturday night. The …
Continue reading Cowboys wary of BroncosTwo years ago, Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands was a shadow of himself as he unsuccessfully dragged his banged-up body through the club’s 69-point AFL semi-final loss to Geelong at the …
Continue reading Fit Sandilands ready to skin AFL CatsBen Barba may have cleaned up at Tuesday’s Dally M awards, but Manly coach Geoff Toovey has backed his in-form side to keep the Canterbury superstar under control in Friday’s …
Continue reading Manly can handle Barba threat, says TooveyPort Adelaide caretaker Garry Hocking says he won’t seek the AFL club’s full-time coaching job. Port are moving to appoint a coach by the grand final, with Rodney Eade and …
Continue reading Hocking not in AFL race to coach PortAustralia’s Davis Cup hopes have skyrocketed, with Germany’s powerful line-up suddenly reduced to a one-man band for next week’s World Group playoff in Hamburg. If Australian captain Pat Rafter figured …
Continue reading Australia to face weakened GermansAdelaide defender Daniel Talia has won the AFL Rising Star award in his second senior season. The 20-year-old has played 31 matches for the Crows and will make his finals …
Continue reading Talia wins AFL Rising StarWest Coast midfielder Luke Shuey didn’t sleep well after last year’s AFL qualifying final loss to Collingwood. Shuey entered the game brimming with confidence following a breakout home-and-away campaign, but …
Continue reading Eagle Shuey ready to atone in AFL finalsEight years ago Brisbane captain Gorden Tallis’ rugby league career ended in an NRL elimination final loss to North Queensland in Townsville. One of his teammates that night, fellow Brisbane …
Continue reading Petero faces Tallis-like exitBrian Smith has coached the Sydney Roosters for the last time, with the veteran coach and the NRL club agreeing to part ways by “mutual consent”. Smith led the Roosters …
Continue reading Roosters and Smith part waysAdelaide’s only AFL premiership captain, Mark Bickley, senses a similarity between his flag winners and the current Crows crop. Now an Adelaide assistant coach, Bickley says it’s the presence of …
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