Following weeks of headlines about his switch to rugby union, Joseph Suaalii is focused on the Sydney Roosters’ NRL campaign. Suaalii’s teammate Joey Manu said on Monday that his teammate’s multi-million decision to switch codes was his alone, but that he acted as a sounding board along the way. “He’s good, I think he’s just focussed on what’s now, really […]

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St George Illawarra skipper Ben Hunt believes the worst thing his club could do is sack coach Anthony Griffin and start again. “If we get four or five weeks down the road and we start again [with a new coach], it will set this club back a couple of years,” Hunt tells The Sun-Herald. “That’s what I believe. We need […]

Key posts 12.21pmThe comeback: Inside Ross Lyon’s return to the Saints 12.14pmBulldogs’ surprise at omission of star Tigers 12.14pmListen: Real Footy podcast 1 of 1 ‘There’s always been belief’: Carlton’s start has Saad excited Carlton’s All-Australian defender Adam Saad is excited about the possibilities this season for the unbeaten Blues as they try to win at Adelaide Oval for the […]

Kamdyn McIntosh appreciates the absurdity of it. If he played for another club, and not the most successful recent one, he probably would have been cut and never got to 150 games. Thus, he also knows he wouldn’t have two flags if he played for anyone else. He’s so Richmond. He’s not the perfect player, but he is the ideal […]

It was about two years after my 200-game AFL career ended in 2016 that I began to get migraines, headaches and notice memory loss. Occasionally, when driving between Geelong and Melbourne, I would reach my destination with no sense of what had happened between leaving and arriving. My vision would also occasionally become blurry, with coloured spots floating before my […]

Key points Several AFL clubs are circling Essendon’s promising first-round draftee Ben Hobbs. Free agent Kangaroo Ben McKay has switched player management companies. The latest on Melbourne winger James Jordon’s contract negotiations. Credit: NO OFFER FOR PROMISING BOMBEREssendon are in no rush to extend the contract of first-round draftee Ben Hobbs, having not tabled a contract offer to the tough […]

The NRL rejected a Queensland government proposal that would have resulted in the state hosting three grand finals before the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, while still ensuring the majority of deciders remained in Sydney. The Herald has obtained details of the proposal, put to Rugby League Central last year, which could have resulted in up to $200 million coming into the […]

Playing in front of 85,000 at the MCG on Friday night and then heading to Albert Park on Saturday to watch one of your former schoolmates tear around the track in a Formula 1 car is not a bad 24 hours for a Melburnian. That was how emerging Tiger Hugo Ralphsmith spent last weekend as he checked out his old […]

Manly is poised to field its strongest team of the year this weekend due to the return of injured stars Jason Saab and Josh Schuster. Saab hasn’t played since suffering an ACL injury in round 22 last year and was expected to be on the sidelines for several weeks more. However, the speedster will make a timely return, particularly given […]