It’s impossible to set the world on fire every single week, but the best teams win even when considerably short of their best. This summed up Melbourne on Sunday, defeating Hawthorn 15.14 (104) to 8.6 (54). Sans Steven May in defence, and without Bayley Fritsch, Sam Weideman or Ben Brown in attack, the Dees were arguably ripe for the picking, […]

Latrell Mitchell has been fined $1600 for lashing out at Wests Tigers’ Luke Garner with his boot, another $1600 for dropping knees and will also face a minimum three weeks on the sidelines for a high shot on David Nofoaluma. After a dramatic 18-14 win by the Rabbitohs over the Tigers on Saturday night, Mitchell was handed three charges on […]

Carlton coach David Teague admits his side was taught a lesson on clean ball use by Port Adelaide, so he hopes his players can learn quickly ahead of their clash with Brisbane Lions next round. The Blues lost by 28 points to the Power at the MCG on Saturday night with Teague pointing out the difference between the efficiency and […]

Port Adelaide 15.6 (96) d Carlton 9.14 (68)Best: Power – Gray, Wines, Amon, Boak, Georgiades. Blues: Walsh, Cripps, Doherty, Casboult, Williams.Crowd: 32,893 at the MCG Port Adelaide backed up from their statement win over Richmond with a business-like victory over Carlton at the MCG on Saturday night. Carlton’s Lachie Fogarty vies with Port Adelaide’s Willem Drew.Credit:Getty Images One day the […]

Joe Daniher has always been a player with a sense of theatre, a man for the moment. Lining up for the Brisbane Lions against his old club Essendon for the first time, all the attention was on the rangy forward. Unfortunately for the crowd, Queensland’s weather gods decided to spoil the party early on, dumping an full inch of rain […]

Superstar fullback Tom Trbojevic has finished his first full game in ten months with a clean bill of health and an ominous warning for the rest of the competition. Turbo scored a try, set up two and ran for 202m as Manly destroyed Gold Coast 36-0 in Mudgee, single-handedly reviving the Sea Eagles’ top eight ambitions in an incredible comeback […]

Following the 1995 Rugby World Cup, I was approached to play rugby league in the UK after scoring a couple of runaway tries. I must have looked quicker than I was. The fact I can’t even remember which club came knocking – Leeds, maybe? – probably gives you an indication of my interest and, to be fair, I’m not sure […]

Ben Crooks scored a contender for the fastest try ever in rugby league as Hull KR claimed a thrilling 25-24 Super League success over Huddersfield. Rovers had lost by a single point to Catalans in Super League and Castleford in the Challenge Cup but this time Jordan Abdull’s late drop-goal saw them edge their way to victory. The world record […]

Castleford Tigers turned on the style on their long-awaited return to the Mend-A-Hose Jungle with a nine-try show to sink struggling Leigh Centurions and extend their 100 per cent start to the new Super League season. Playing in their home stadium for the first time since October, Daryl Powell’s men were merciless with Derrell Olpherts crossing twice and Paul McShane […]

Collingwood’s nightmare start to the season continued in front of a packed crowd in Perth when Nathan Buckley’s injury-hit team battled bravely but couldn’t match a West Coast Eagles team desperate to atone for their round four fade out against St Kilda. At times it seemed as though a power-packed Eagles front line would blow the visitors away but Buckley’s […]