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Mayhem at Manly with five stars out, Broncos sweat on Walsh scans, mixed news at Roosters

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Manly are crossing their fingers that star fullback Tom Trbojevic will return in Round 8 after injuries and suspension threaten to rip apart their team. Front-rower Toff Sipley has been referred directly to the judiciary for a hip-drop tackle on St George Illawarra winger Mat Feagai and faces a hefty ban if found guilty. The incident, which drew a dangerous contact charge, took place in the 53rd minute of the Sea Eagles’ disappointing 20-18 loss at 4 Pines Park on Thursday night. Manly had ... Read more

The one thing Lachie Galvin doesn’t get no matter how hard his agent whinges

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Kids these days, eh? Three weeks as a baggage handler and they expect to be flying the planes. A month in reception and they’re wondering why they’re not CEO yet. We hear a lot about the impulsiveness of youth, but at its core, this Lachie Galvin saga is about the impatience of youth. The kid wants it all and he wants it now. Two years ago he had Vegemite sandwiches in his lunchbox. Now a million dollars is Monopoly money. Sure, you can blame ... Read more

Why spoilt brat NBA players are setting a bad example for next generation

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size I’ve been around basketball in one capacity or another since I was nine. It quickly became my sport. I fell in love with the game and absorbed myself in its world. Now, 25 years later, I’m still in love with the game. I’m still playing in a local team and still coaching the school teams where needed. The game has changed drastically since I started in the 1990s. The biggest change the game has seen, especially for Australian audiences, is the accessibility. Thanks to ... Read more

Fly’s Pies’ tactical masterpiece gives Fagan’s Lions the ultimate reality check

This has been coming for a long time. Since last year’s epic September run, Brisbane have become one of the most dominant comeback teams our game has seen – so brutal have their second halves been, from bulldozing GWS in the semi-final through to last week’s 10-goal Gather Round turnaround, thast they’ve barely needed to rock up before then. It has been stunning to watch… and also more fragile than it appears. I wrote last week, after the Lions made mincemeat of a 39-point deficit to steamroll the Western Bulldogs, that this run of giving opponents the jump couldn’t possibly ... Read more

THREE season-ending injuries, All Blacks return for Kiwi sides, Kuenzle’s long-awaited call-up

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 All Blacks making long-awaited returns to the field. Among the international names returning are Anton Lienert Brown for the Chiefs, Codie Taylor for the Crusaders and Billy Proctor for the Hurricanes. While one Wallaby star copped a season-ending injury at Suncorp Stadium, Darby Lancaster has been cleared for the Tahs, though he will miss the flight to Fiji. Not sure about how the fantasy league works? Read ... Read more

Tiger Terrell terrifies as weak Knights hit record low, star duo injured as Storm reign over Warriors

Some Melbourne fans still get confused over rugby and league.  It looked like the Storm had union’s allotment of 15 players on the field at AAMI Park with the Warriors lining up with league’s mandatory 13 during their 36-0 first-half blitz.  They took Jahrome Hughes off for the second half with a sore shoulder and their foot off the throttle but they still cruised to a 42-14 triumph, their 17th in succession during their purple reign over the Warriors. Warriors prop James Fisher-Harris suffered a pectoral injury early in the loss and could be out for an extended period. In ... Read more

Waratahs run away from Reds to seal consecutive Super Rugby W titles as Miller, Friedrichs star

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size For a couple of years it looked like the NSW Waratahs had fallen back to the pack. That proved to be wildly off the mark. Despite losing Eva Karpani and Layne Morgan to Queensland before the season, and several others, including Piper Duck, in the days before the grand final, the NSW Waratahs withstood a second-half surge from their interstate rivals to seal a dominant 43-21 win at North Sydney Oval on Saturday afternoon. The 22-point win was the Waratahs’ second straight under coach ... Read more

Predictions: Jo Yapp’s upcoming Wallaroo squad must address four key issues

The Super Rugby Women’s season comes to an end this weekend, and with it, the eyes on the women’s game will shift to the lengthy international season. The inaugural Super Rugby Champions Final will round off the domestic season for good next Thursday – where the winner of Super Rugby Women’s and Super Rugby Aupiki will do battle – but the amount of games the Wallaroos will experience is set to be more than ever in 2025. Things will get underway quickly following the Champions Final – Jo Yapp’s team will commence their season on May 3rd with a trip ... Read more

Tigers on the move? Plan to buy Super League revealed, Mahoney’s message for ‘grub’ critics

Shane Richardson has launched a fresh stadium gambit, vowing to take Wests Tigers games away from Campbelltown Sports Stadium unless $50 million worth of upgrades are agreed to by June 30.  Insisting his threat to abandon one of the joint venture’s traditional home bases was not “Trumpian”, Richardson said Campbelltown was not up to standard as an NRL venue. The Tigers chief executive successfully lobbied Inner West Council for upgrades to Leichhardt Oval last year and received a combined $40 million in guaranteed improvements. Richardson said the Tigers had shown a commitment the entire Macarthur region, but is open to ... Read more

Ex-Test opener Pucovski confirms medical retirement from cricket due to ‘scary’ ongoing concussion symptoms

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Former batting prodigy Will Pucovski has opened up on his retirement from cricket, admitting he is still suffering “scary” symptoms from repeated concussions. The Victorian last played Sheffield Shield in March 2024, when he was hit on the helmet by a delivery from Tasmania speedster Riley Meredith.  It was the 13th known concussion of his sporting career. Pucovski’s official announcement comes after a medical panel recommended he retire late last year, as Cricket Australia and Cricket Victoria finalised the details. He was absent from ... Read more