Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Key points Peter Wright kicked five goals in his first game of the year after shoulder surgery on season eve. Wright has become an integral player for Essendon since his trade from Gold Coast. The key forward credits new coach Brad Scott for […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Matt Burton believes he is “twice the player” he was during his last Origin outing, though he wasn’t aware of how close he came to taking the field in game one of this year’s series as Blues staff considered leveraging a little-known element […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Liam Martin may well have been knocked out of State of Origin. The Penrith powerhouse, the best NSW forward during the opening interstate game, suffered a category-one concussion late in his side’s 30-6 win against the Roosters at Allianz Stadium. The back-rower was […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Brisbane captain Adam Reynolds has come alive when it counted, scoring the match-winning try in the 77th minute to snatch a 24-20 win over a Newcastle side that did not deserve to lose. Reynolds, touted as a possible replacement for the injured Nathan […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Adelaide’s Taylor Walker has kicked a career-high 10 goals in his 250th AFL match in a record-breaking 122-point demolition of West Coast. Walker became just the fourth Crow to boot 10 goals in a game in Adelaide’s 27.12 (174) to 8.4 (52) romp […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. If ever there was doubt whether star fullback Tom Trbojevic would retain his Origin jersey for game two, NSW have their answer. Trbojevic was relentless in Manly’s 58-18 victory over the Dolphins at Brookvale on Friday night,and silenced critics who questioned his fitness […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Warriors spoiled the party for Jarrod Croker’s 300th game, digging in defensively before thrashing a woeful Canberra 36-14 at GIO Stadium on Friday night. A try-of-the-year candidate from Dallin Watene-Zelezniak helped the New Zealanders overcome an early pummelling and blitz the woeful […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A younger Tevita Pangai jnr might have thrown a verbal haymaker at Mark Carroll – the Blues legend who was holding the boxing pads for him one week, then declaring him an Origin one-hit wonder the next. But after beating himself up over […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Key posts 6.21pmMid-season report: The three players behind St Kilda’s resurrection 6.15pmListen: Real Footy podcast 6.14pmMid-season report: Sydney take a swan dive down the ladder 1 of 1 No late changes for tonight’s match There are no late changes for tonight’s Sydney v […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Carlton defender Zac Williams has paid a loving tribute to his sister Sammy, who died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Sammy had previously beaten cancer but found out just before Christmas 2021 that it had returned. “Truly heartbroken but my beautiful […]