AFLW fans have snapped up thousands of seats to round one of the competition on the first day that all women’s matches charged spectators an entry fee, with Richmond’s Punt Road Oval clash a sellout. Tickets to AFLW games over the first four seasons have been free – save for a handful of matches where tickets were sold at $2 […]

Boom Geelong recruit Jeremy Cameron has suffered a hamstring injury, but it’s hoped the setback won’t delay his Cats debut. The former GWS star pulled up sore last week, but club sources say the forward was back running on Saturday, while teammates enjoyed a break for the long weekend. Jeremy Cameron has suffered a setback before even playing a game […]

The AFL insists it did not breach its own protocols and ensured players were always armed with the necessary information to deal with members of the public after Richmond star Dylan Grimes accused the league of “covering up” an episode at an Adelaide hotel in August. Three-time premiership defender Grimes was incredulous that the details of the Tigers’ accommodation in […]

Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas was reportedly arrested after an alleged brawl on the Gold Coast on Saturday night. The Courier Mail reports the 21-year-old Blues Origin forward was taken into custody by police in Tweed Heads following the alleged incident. “About 10pm Saturday 16th January, officers from Tweed-Byron Police District arrested a 21-year-old man on Coral Street at Tweed […]

Steve McNamara says basing Catalans in England for the early part of the 2021 season would be a “last resort” as plans for the new campaign continue. Super League has confirmed that fixture formulas of 23 or 25 rounds are now favoured over the original 27, after the season kick-off was pushed back two weeks to March 25. Moving Magic […]

Canterbury Bulldogs recruit Kyle Flanagan has taken aim at the Sydney Roosters after he was cruelly dumped by the club last year. Flanagan was the NRL’s third-highest point-scorer during the 2020 premiership, with 198 points and 11 try assists in 20 games. But after the club’s semi-final defeat to the Canberra Raiders, the halfback was brutally axed by the Roosters […]

Four of rugby league’s biggest names have endorsed former champion fullback Billy Slater as Queensland’s State of Origin coach. The elite quartet – Wayne Bennett, Mal Meninga, Craig Bellamy and Cameron Smith – have all offered their unqualified support for the retired Melbourne Storm fullback to take charge of the Maroons this year. Bennett, who steered an underdog Queensland team […]

Broncos legend Corey Parker is adamant young gun Payne Haas should be the club’s next captain despite his recent run in with police. 21-year-old Haas has had a tumultuous time off the field in his young career and his most recent incident eventuated in charges of intimidating police and using offensive language during a drunken night out. “From working alongside […]

On Monday at Punt Road the Tigers' senior players and triple premiership coach Damien Hardwick returned to training in the now familiar position as defending premiers. Hardwick addressed his marriage break-up briefly and politely in public to waiting television cameras, then in private with his players, a week after the club confirmed they had "no concerns … under club policy" […]