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A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Anthony Seibold feels the NRL should consider reviewing its crackdown on illegal shots as rival coach Ivan Cleary agrees referees have over-corrected in their officiating of the game. A staggering eight players went on report during Manly’s 26-10 defeat of Penrith on Saturday night, when 16 penalties were blown in total. Penrith’s Scott Sorensen and Manly prop Siua Taukeiaho became the 11th and 12th players sin-binned for illegal hits across the first six games of round eight. But Sorensen’s shoulder charge on Nathan Brown ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size While Alex de Minaur looks more comfortable and impressive on the clay with every passing match, the great Novak Djokovic seems to be losing his magical powers on the red stuff.  For while Australia’s No.1 kicked off his Madrid Open quest with a clinical 6-2 6-3 victory over Italian Lorenzo Sonego on Saturday, all the talk at the Caja Magica surrounded another dismal first-round defeat for Djokovic, whose quest for 100 titles took another savage hit.  Australia’s No.1 de Minaur made just nine unforced ... Read more

Back in March, Port Adelaide lost to Essendon in a match I thought would be unbeatable as the worst 2025 had to offer. The Power’s narrow win over North Melbourne on Saturday wasn’t quite as bad, primarily because this match at least had the benefit of a tight, thrilling finish and a Jason Horne-Francis-inspired biff that made it comfortably more watchable. But the skill level from both sides was abysmal, the defending never better than okay and frequently disastrous, and the amount of butchering that went on in front of goal would put an abbatoir out of business. This was ... Read more

The Panthers are last.  After eight rounds of the season, the team which won the last four titles is now 17th of 17 after Saturday night’s 26-10 loss to Manly at CommBank Stadium. Tom Trbojevic made an impactful return from a knee injury for the Sea Eagles and while it is premature to say Penrith’s title hopes are over, they will have to defy history and produced a dramatic turnaround in form to have any hope of playoff success. In the earlier game, Des Hasler’s future is looking murkier by the week as Gold Coast’s losses continue to pile up.  ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Too big, too fast, and too strong. The Brumbies’ top two Super Rugby hopes have been dealt a savage blow after being steamrolled by the Hurricanes, losing 35-29 on Saturday night in Canberra. While the Brumbies threatened to make a game of it in the final stages after Andy Muirhead crossed out wide, the Hurricanes managed to play the ball at the right end of the field to help them snap a three-match losing streak. The six-point win was the Hurricanes’ first win in ... Read more

Latrell Mitchell has received another suspension for the high shot that led to him being sin-binned in South Sydney’s Anzac Day loss to the Melbourne Storm. Mitchell collected Storm young gun Sua Fa’alogo high with an attempted tackle and was hit with a grade-two dangerous contact charge by the match review committee, triggering a two-match ban that can be reduced to one with an early plea. Since March 30 last year, Mitchell has been charged five previous times by the match review committee, missing three games and paying $7800 in fines as well as seven per cent of his match ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size A testy Benji Marshall says he does not care if people query his surprise decision to recall Lachie Galvin, side-stepping questions as to whether the five-eighth had regained Wests Tigers’ trust. Coach Marshall is “sick of talking” about the saga that began two Mondays ago when the Tigers announced generational talent Galvin had declined to review their offer of a contract extension. The rejection triggered public ridicule from teammates on social media and has meant the man touted as a linchpin of Wests’ rebuild ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Just weeks on from Roosters forward Spencer Leniu’s ugly sideline spat with Channel Nine commentator Johnathan Thurston, Leniu has reportedly had another run-in with a member of the media. As the Roosters cruised to a big win over the Dragons in the traditional Anzac Day fixture at Allianz Stadium on the back of Sandon Smith’s career-best performance, the powerful prop allegedly used vulgar language when speaking with reporter Brent Read. Speaking on 2GB radio on Saturday, Roosters coach Trent Robinson claimed he was not ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size You know, there are days when cricket isn’t just about runs, wickets, or those epic catches we keep seeing on replay. Some days, it’s way bigger than just a game. One of those days is ANZAC Day. And this year, when Cricket Australia and current Australian cricket players took a moment on social media to honour the first-class cricketers who went off to fight for their country and never came back, I couldn’t help but stop and reflect. Because today, cricket feels less about ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has opened up on troubled forward Jamarra Ugle-Hagan’s future at the club, admitting he is unsure whether he will feature again at AFL level. Personal issues have derailed the 23-year old’s promising career at the highest level, with the former No.1 draft pick not appearing at senior level since last year’s elimination final and only sporadically attending training, including not at all in the past three weeks. This has led to reports of a rift between Ugle-Hagan and senior ... Read more