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A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Former Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has guided the Kobe Steelers into the Japan Rugby League One playoffs for the first time since 2018. The Steelers beat the Sagamihara Dynaboars 59-33 on Saturday to lock up fifth spot on the standings. Rennie has presided over steady improvement at the Kansai-based club since he joined two years ago, with Saturday’s success earning Kobe a shot at the post-season for the first time since their last title seven years ago. One of the teams standing in Kobe’s ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size There aren’t enough betting options in rugby league. Cricket betting gets it right. There, things get pretty granular. You can put your hard earned on whether the next ball will be bouncer or a yorker or a Trevor Chappell. Will the next over be a maiden or a run fest? What will be the next type of scoring shot? Who will be the next player to forget to pick up his hat from the umpire? What grade of sandpaper are the Australians using on ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size When even the great Virat Kohli salutes him as the player who’s making all the difference for his beloved Royal Challengers Bengaluru, then Josh Hazlewood can be assured he must be doing something right. On Sunday, another two scalps for the evergreen Australian quick ensured Hazlewood donned the purple cap as the IPL’s leading wicket-taker of the season while they also helped propel RCB to a six-wicket win over Delhi Capitals that hoists them to the top of the table. RCB have never won ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Arsenal’s three Matildas have helped them to a famous Women’s Champions League semi-final triumph at all-conquering Lyon with Caitlin Foord finding the target in the remarkable 4-1 win that sets up a final against champions Barcelona. Foord, who’d declared how she felt Arsenal could still pull off one of the great shocks in European women’s football, celebrated with her fellow Australia internationals Steph Catley and substitute Kyra Cooney-Cross on Sunday as the Gunners overturned a 2-1 first-leg deficit in France. The home club, eight-times ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Liverpool have powered their way to a record-equalling 20th English title, enjoying their Premier League coronation at Anfield with a 5-1 hammering of Tottenham which only shoved Ange Postecoglou ever closer to the Spurs exit door.  In front of their own Anfield disciples on Sunday, Arne Slot’s Liverpool overcame the early rude shock of a Spurs goal from Dominic Solanke to pulverise the hapless visitors on their irresistible march to glory.  First-half strikes from Luis Díaz, Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo put them ... Read more

Round 11 of Super Rugby Pacific saw the spectre of TMO involvement rear its head again – fans frustrated on three separate occasions where rulings were made on tries long after play had moved on from the incident in question. But were these examples of a system not fit for purpose, incompetent match officials or correct application of the available technology? The three incidents were all different, albeit frustration levels were similar. In Mt Maunganui, Chiefs’ loose forward Lachlan Boshier was awarded a try an age after he scored it – long after referee James Doleman had originally called ‘no ... Read more

The to-ing and fro-ing continues at the top of the power rankings, with Melbourne regaining top spot after Canterbury’s capitulation in Brisbane. The Bulldogs’ 34-point first half flogging was one of the more extraordinary events of 2025, given that they had only conceded 58 in their previous six starts. And with disobedient Dogs Matt Burton, Sitili Tupouniua and Josh Curran being sent to the naughty corner by the match review committee for the nex 1-5 weeks, they have slipped behind the Storm as the team to beat. There are a couple of sleeping giants, awakening from their slumber in the ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Disgraced former North Melbourne player Tarryn Thomas was allegedly held at gunpoint in a ‘terrifying hostage drama’ in Ballarat. According to Nine News, Thomas, who was sacked by the Kangaroos before the start of 2024 after a series of off-field incidents, many involving women, was in the Victorian city on Saturday night when two men accosted him and his friend, demanding they hand over thousands of dollars and give away their car. “Nine News understands that Tarryn told police that two men held him ... Read more

West Coast could continue to experiment with playing out-of-sorts co-captain Oscar Allen in defence despite a difficult return to the AFL. Coach Andrew McQualter also indicated Hawthorn’s decision to throw former Eagle Tom Barrass forward late in their 50-point defeat had raised eyebrows. Key forward Oscar Allen, in his first clash with Hawthorn since his highly-publicised meeting with their coach Sam Mitchell, started down back at Marvel Stadium on return from being managed. But he was outpointed by Mabior Chol, who took nine marks and kicked three goals. “First full game back for a while,” McQualter said of Allen. “I ... Read more

They say Round 7 is when the ladder has begun to take its proper shape – but I bet whoever came up with that didn’t know Opening Round was coming. 16 teams have now played seven games – Gold Coast and Essendon are, of course, stuck on six – and we’re starting to learn who’s hot and who’s not. Collingwood? Hot. Gold Coast? Hot enough to kick ten goals in a row after giving Sydney a start. The Bulldogs? Definitely hot, with or without Sam Darcy. West Coast? Not. St Kilda? Rapidly cooling. Adelaide? Not cold just yet, but looking ... Read more