Essendon ruckman Andrew Phillips will play for his old club Carlton in the VFL on Saturday, in another unusual compromise caused by the pandemic. Phillips, who crossed to Essendon from the Blues at the end of 2019, will play in the ruck against Sandringham after the Bombers asked Carlton to play their ruckman in the VFL because Phillips has remained […]

Wests Tigers premiership-winning coach Tim Sheens has been rushed in to start work on recruitment and retention and looms as the club’s trump card in attempting to land big-name signings. On the same day coach Michael Maguire shot down any interest in Canberra centre Curtis Scott, Tigers officials revealed Sheens, who is still stranded in England, had already been used […]

In a season where every team has, to some extent, been affected by Covid-19 and the general injuries which come with playing top-level rugby league, Marc Sneyd has been a consistent presence for Hull FC. The 30-year-old is the only member of the Black and Whites squad to have featured in all 12 of the Black and Whites’ Super League […]

Steve Price praised Warrington Wolves’ defensive resilience after they brushed off the cobwebs to complete the double over arch rivals Wigan with a 21-8 victory in Super League at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. Australian three-quarter Jake Mamo, who scored a hat-trick of tries in the Wolves’ 40-14 romp at the DW Stadium in June, was again their hero, pouncing for […]

During the pre-season our pundits gazed into the crystal ball and came up with their top-eight predictions. With the benefit of hindsight (and 19 rounds of footy), they’ve had another go. GREG BAUM Western BulldogsGeelongMelbourneSydneyBrisbane LionsPort AdelaideWest CoastRichmond Melbourne would have to beat a red-hot Geelong the last round to finish top two. Sydney have the easiest remaining draw of […]

Fiji 27New Zealand 12 Five years after sevens made its Olympics debut, the world was tonight treated to a dream final in the event. But unfortunately for New Zealand, it wasn’t quite a dream result. The All Blacks Sevens had to content themselves with the silver medal after being overpowered by great rivals Fiji 27-12 at Tokyo Stadium tonight. It […]

Returning Wallaby Izack Rodda has “no regrets” about deserting the Queensland Reds last year to play club rugby in France. Having committed to playing for the Western Force next season, 24-year-old Rodda has been recalled to the Wallabies squad for next month’s Bledisloe Cup. Rodda and then Reds teammates Harry Hockings and Isaac Lucas walked out on the Reds last […]

The mother of a junior football player who made an official complaint after her son was racially abused by an opponent on the field has questioned whether local leagues are capable of dealing with such incidents. The incident in the Yarra Junior Football League, which oversees competitions involving 11,000 male and female junior players, has prompted an Indigenous leader and […]

North Melbourne star midfielder Ben Cunnington has had surgery to remove a testicular tumour which was discovered this week. Cunnington had surgery to remove the tumour on Tuesday afternoon. North Melbourne have not yet confirmed the nature of the tumour and whether it is malignant. Ben Cunnington. Credit:Morgan Hancock Club sources said it was likely that Cunnington will miss the […]

The Canterbury Bulldogs have snapped up BBQ bad boy Paul Vaughan on a one-year deal. Vaughan, the player who hosted the infamous BBQ attended by a dozen St George Illawarra players, copped a $50,000 fine and an eight-game suspension as a result of his actions. The 30-year-old forward was sacked from the Dragons due to multiple breaches of his contract, […]