After conceding 97 points to the Adelaide Crows last week and only registering one behind, Greater Western Sydney stunned a lacklustre Carlton at Henson Park on Saturday and put themselves back on the winner’s list with a 17-point victory. Despite the Blues winning the clearances 27 to 17, they struggled to win the ball or keep possession of it, with […]

Collingwood midfielder Jack Crisp is quickly forging his place in Magpies’ history, claiming his second-straight E. W Copeland Trophy in a tight count on Friday night. Crisp, 28, collected 291 votes, polling in every home-and-away match and throughout the finals series when the Magpies finished just shy of the grand final. He finished runner-up to Patrick Dangerfield in the AFL […]

More than 30,000 players and spectators will travel to the NSW south coast this weekend for the 50th anniversary of the Koori Knockout, with Castlereagh All Blacks president Dewayne Sampson labelling Australia’s biggest First Nations sporting event “a modern-day corroboree”. The Knockout, which was put on hold between 2019-20 because of the pandemic, is being hosted in the Nowra area […]

In the biggest shake-up to junior sport in decades, the NRL and NSWRL have signed off on a plan to abolish competitive rugby league until the age of 13, while also banning tackling until midway through the under 7s. The Herald can reveal the NSWRL plans to announce the new policy within the next fortnight. The game will change for […]

A new report has found AFLW players have been required to undertake unpaid weekly overtime, face low levels of respect across club staff and have unequal access to resources, including medical staff and facilities. Data released on Thursday by the AFL Players Association in the Insights and Impacts Report canvassed AFLW players last season, prior to the recent collective bargaining […]

There’s an old saying which gets tossed around a lot these days: you can’t be what you can’t see. It’s mainly used to describe the growing spectre of women’s professional sport, and the exposure being created for young girls to have a path into the future. When Dean Widders travelled to Newcastle last month, his Parramatta team winless after two […]

An AFL Players’ Association survey of AFL players has reported “concerning” incidences of racial vilification from people within the football industry among players’ experiences of racism. Only 17 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or people of colour surveyed said they felt that racism experienced while listed as AFL players was dealt with to their satisfaction, according to […]

Abbi Church knows “confronting” all too well. The 24-year-old’s work as a paramedic calls for 12-hour shifts, and can include helping to deliver a baby to taking someone from their home for the last time. It’s a reason coach Dean Widders trusts the Parramatta centre to fill the void left by one of the NRLW’s biggest stars, as Tiana Penitani […]

Eels star Tiana Penitani is racing to be fit for the NRLW grand final as her Newcastle counterpart looks to channel the eighth Immortal to dash another Parramatta premiership dream. Penitani has been named on an extended bench as she battles a quadriceps injury before Sunday’s match at Accor Stadium, with coach Dean Widders opting for Abbi Church in his […]