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It is almost incomprehensible that a team that enjoys many advantages like the Brisbane Broncos has one of the longest premiership droughts in the NRL.  The Broncos over the past 18 years have been not only the biggest underachievers in the NRL, but arguably in the entire Australian professional sporting landscape.  Melbourne Stars, the Carlton Blues, Western Sydney Wanderers perhaps? Easily the NRL’s biggest club when it comes to annual turnover, the Broncos cantered to six premierships in the first half of their club history, but they have not won a title since 2006 despite going close on a couple ... Read more

Whilst the triumphant return of Mitchell Moses in the Eels Easter Monday win has grabbed the headlines, the enduring talking point has to be the state of officiating in one of the most head scratching and anger inducing clashes in recent memory. The Tigers-Eels clash was Monday madness for all the wrong reasons, and Liam Kennedy was the ‘star’ of the show. If he wants to be the star, then he needs to be willing to face the press. The tone was set early on for this game to spiral out of control. Terrell May was hit in the head ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Nick Daicos will become Collingwood’s youngest captain in 57 years when he steps up in place of sidelined skipper Darcy Moore in the Anzac Day blockbuster. Moore will miss the Anzac Day match against Essendon as he battles vertigo symptoms related to an inner ear issue. Daicos was elevated to vice-captaincy alongside Brayden Maynard ahead of this season and the star midfielder, still just 22, was selected as stand-in skipper on Wednesday. At 22 years and 122 days, Daicos will become the Magpies’ fourth-youngest ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Les Kiss admits last week’s bye was welcomed by everyone at the Queensland Reds, but the favourite to succeed Joe Schmidt as the next Wallabies coach insists he’s not losing sleep by Rugby Australia’s drawn-out search. Rugby Australia had hoped to appoint Kiss as Schmidt’s successor a week ago, but their attempts to announce the 60-year-old as the next Wallabies coach have been slowed by the backroom dealings between the national body and the Queensland Rugby Union. Without an international get-out clause in his ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The Wallabies might not have a coach locked and loaded for their 2027 World Cup campaign, but Rugby Australia can at least celebrate the fact they’ll have Len Ikitau a part of the showpiece event. Despite signing a short-term deal with Exeter, the 26-year-old will return to Australia following next season’s English Premiership and play for the Brumbies in the 2027 season in the lead up to the Wallabies. The Roar understands Ikitau has signed a 17-month deal with Rugby Australia that will see ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The Dolphins and Broncos will host back-to back games at Suncorp Stadium in an historic day for rugby league in round 17 of the NRL.  In two separate matches, with two different crowds filing in and out, the Broncos will host the Warriors at 2pm on June 28, followed by the Dolphins against South Sydney at 7.50pm. The Dolphins were slated to play their round-one match against the Rabbitohs at Suncorp, before Tropical Cyclone Alfred intervened and the clash was relocated to Sydney. The ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size A ‘very remorseful’ Conor Nash has received a four-match suspension for the ugly high hit that concussed Geelong’s Gryan Miers on Easter Monday. The Hawthorn midfielder was sent straight to the Tribunal after a swinging arm from a poorly executed tackle struck Miers in the face during the third quarter of the Hawks’ seven-point loss to the Cats, with Miers subbed out of the game and entering concussion protocols. The hit has since reignited calls for the league to implement a send-off rule for ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size North Melbourne football boss Todd Viney has gone in to bat for senior coach Alastair Clarkson, who has been criticised amid the Kangaroos’ poor form. North have lost their past four games by an average of almost 59 points and reached a season-low with an embarrassing 82-point defeat to Carlton on Good Friday. Clarkson has come under fire, but Viney, who worked with him at Hawthorn, scoffed at any suggestion the four-time premiership mentor had lost his edge. “I find it amusing, really. I ... Read more

Welcome to the Super Rugby Pacific Casualty Ward, the hub of all injury updates and news for the 2025 season. All sides have named their squads for this week on Wednesday, with several key players coming back into the fold on both sides of the Tasman. All Black Damian McKenzie headlines a large cohort of All Blacks forced onto the sidelines, which includes Ethan Blackadder, Dalton Papali’i and Asafo Aumua. The physicality of the competition shone through, with seven players coming out of the brutal contest in the west injured last week, including four concussions. Not sure about how the ... Read more

Reds fullback Jock Campbell will start for the first time since February in Friday night’s showdown with the Blues in Brisbane. While Beauden Barrett – the two-time World Rugby player of the year – will come off the bench. Len Ikitau is one of four changes to the Brumbies’ starting side for their clash with the Hurricanes on Saturday. The Force have lost Nic White for their crunch trans-Tasman fixture against the Chiefs, while Clayton McMillan has lost Damian McKenzie but welcomed back one big-name All Black. Read on for all the latest team news ahead of round 11 of ... Read more