Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Penrith hitman Liam Martin’s reputation continues to soar with some now labelling him the best back-rower in the game – and even opposition players agree. Martin was awarded the True Blue award at Monday night’s Brad Fittler Medal, with Blues advisor and Penrith […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More fans than have ever attended a ticketed round of home-and-away matches turned up for the opening weekend of AFLW – and they saw an entertaining spectacle with scoring on the increase. However, the steady decline in TV audience numbers continued. The record […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Regrets, Jeremy Howe has a few – but none about his trade from Melbourne to Collingwood. The ex-Demon became a Magpie in a four-club deal at the end of 2015 that saw a bunch of picks exchanged, Ben Kennedy put on the red […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Roosters coach Trent Robinson says Joseph Manu will not play in the team’s do-or-die final-round clash with South Sydney after picking up a hamstring injury in last week’s clash against the Tigers. It’s a massive blow for the Bondi club, who have to […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There’s never a good time to dash a young footballer’s dreams, worse still when you have to do it a week before Christmas. But sometimes that’s what the job entails and Craig Bellamy did just that. About two decades ago, the Melbourne coach […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Collingwood’s Daicos brothers, Nick and Josh, have begun a potential September to remember for the Magpies with selection in this year’s All Australian team, as Toby Greene completed his transition from bad boy to dux of the class. The Greater Western Sydney leader […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Broncos (1) v Storm (4) Thursday 7.50pm, Suncorp Stadium A battle of two top four sides, yet one deprived of more stars than any clash in recent memory. Brisbane and Melbourne’s fates are largely secure; the Storm can finish no lower than fourth, […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Canterbury Bulldogs are privately defending their treatment of an NRL player who walked out of training five weeks ago due to mental health reasons. The player, who hasn’t been named due to the seriousness of his mental state, turned up to training […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Key points Carlton defender Jacob Weitering escaped with a fine for an incident with Toby Greene. Weitering will be free to play in the Blues’ first final in a decade next week against Sydney. The Giants are appealing forward Toby Bedford’s one-match rough […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Charlie Curnow immediately regretted checking how many goals Taylor Walker kicked on Saturday night. The star Crow, best known as “Tex”, had feasted on West Coast for the second time this season, kicking nine goals to temporarily overtake Curnow by one in the […]