Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Rabbitohs will leave their $26 million, state-of-the-art training centre behind, but they’ll have a humble pile of house bricks front of mind across a season-defining, 13,000 km five-week tour. South Sydney players and staff have been kitted out with AC/DC-inspired ‘Build the […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. John Bateman has never been on a team that has received a wooden spoon, and he doesn’t intend to give up that record this year. In the England international’s first season at the Wests Tigers, the club has been plagued by off-field turmoil, […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The 2023 AFLW home-and-away season will remain a 10-round fixture and no games will be played at big stadiums, despite players demanding a longer season and for marquee games to be played at larger venues. The AFL released the fixture for season eight […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Parramatta Eels have been dealt a double blow by the NRL judiciary, with Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Maika Sivo facing lengthy suspensions. Sivo could be banned for up to four matches after being charged with a grade two high careless tackle, while Campbell-Gillard […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Forget the Port players rested, unfit or managed. A month ago, Carlton could not beat anyone. They came off a six-game losing streak and Chicken Little saw the sky falling. This was the game that confirmed that Carlton was not that team any […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. North Melbourne’s desperate hunt for a win continues after a 48-point defeat to the team – Hawthorn – just one rung on the ladder above them. The Kangaroos started the season with such optimism under new coach Alastair Clarkson, beating both West Australian […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When NSW Origin coach Brad Fittler sits down to think about his future in the coming weeks, the impact the job has had on his family will be a key factor in whether he wants to continue in the role. The criticism he […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. South Sydney are about to embark on a gruelling five-week road trip, during which they will travel a remarkable 13,000 kilometres and play in three Australian states. The quirks of the NRL draw for the run to the finals – complicated by the […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Damien Hardwick’s shock resignation from Richmond after the club’s one-point Dreamtime defeat was neither as sudden nor as simple as it seemed. For a start frustration had been building up in Hardwick for some time. Having squeezed every last drop out of himself, […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Put it this way: if Tom Hawkins has fewer than four goals at quarter-time at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday night, Essendon and Brandon Zerk-Thatcher will be ahead. By quarter-time of their round seven clash at the MCG in April, Hawkins had kicked four […]