Jai Arrow admits he “100 per cent milked it” by staying down after being punched in the back of the head by rookie prop Daniel Suluka-Fifita during a heated clash between arch-rivals South Sydney and the Sydney Roosters on Friday night. Arrow, who has become the Roosters’ public enemy No.1, expected to be targeted by the tricolours after he had […]

A cluster of leg injuries to Bombers Dylan Shiel, Jye Caldwell and Sam Draper have compounded a 54-point loss to Port Adelaide on Saturday for Essendon. The Power look set to maintain their place on top of the AFL ladder for the 20th consecutive round after producing a relentless and merciless style of football at Adelaide Oval, inflicting a 0-2 […]

Richard Marshall was over the moon when Jack Welsby sealed St Helens’ unforgettable Grand Final win last year – now he is charged with bring the champions back down to earth. Marshall was assistant coach to Kristian Woolf as Saints produced the most remarkable finale in Super League’s 25 year history. He was also no.2 under Justin Holbrook when the […]

At least five AFL clubs appear well-placed with their salary caps heading into 2022, including one of the competition’s premiership contenders, but the bulk of clubs have relatively little space. Essendon, North Melbourne, Hawthorn and Adelaide – all either rebuilding or refreshing their playing lists – will enter this year’s post-season with more room to manoeuvre in their player payments […]

Betfred Super League is back – and with the players fully refreshed from the longest off-season in memory, the action on the field should go up a notch again. The rule changes brought in over the last 12 months have made the sport even faster and more exciting, and we finished last year with that unforgettable climax through Jack Welsby’s […]

The AFL have conceded that Lions’ forward Zac Bailey should have been awarded a free kick in the final minute of Friday night’s match against Geelong after the Cats’ Mark Blicavs dropped the ball when tackled in the goalsquare. The Lions trailed by two points at the time and lost the match by one point after the loose ball was […]

Ryan Brierley is back at Leigh Centurions a more balanced and mature player – and with unfinished business. Brierley left the club under an acrimonious cloud in 2016, having forced through a move to Super League Huddersfield. Any bridges that were temporarily burned had been fully rebuilt by the time he returned to the Centurions on loan three years later. […]

Former Wallaby Bill Young has reportedly taken a $40 million roll of the dice to expand his monster Sydney pub empire. The 47-year-old is reported to have splurged the fortune in a crazy week where hotel sales soared to $80 million in the thriving pub scene with businesses returning to normal following lockdowns across the country in the middle of […]

1 of 1 Penrith’s defence has started on a good note They are, in fact, yet to concede a point in 2020 but you would suspect Melbourne won’t leave without turning the scoreboard over tonight. But Papenhuyzen has been central to their attack and Kaufusi is a constant threat on the edges. They will be badly missed. Still, the Storm […]

Key posts 6.54pmPlayer to watch: Brodie Grundy 6.33pmTonight’s medical subs 6.33pmCarlton v Collingwood: Five burning questions 1 of 1 Player to watch: Brodie Grundy Tonight’s medical subs There are no late changes to tonight’s game while Carlton has again named Oscar McDonald as their medical sub following his stellar work in that spot last week while Collingwood have picked Trey […]