Remembering our fallen footballers on Anzac Day

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size ANZAC Day marks 110 years since the landing of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli, Turkey. That campaign, to gain control of the sea straits known as the Dardanelles, was a disaster and marked Australia’s entry into the tragedy More...

The eye-catching premiership quarter stat that proves the Dees are, slowly, getting better
There was optimism heading into Thursday night (I refuse on principal to call it Anzac Day Eve) that Melbourne and Richmond, off the back of a pair of wins last week after one between them for the first five More...

Five and a Kick: Give that man a contract
Brisbane need to get Adam Reynolds’ signature on a new deal for 2026 quick smart after the veteran half showed he is still their most valuable player in a 42-18 dismantling of the Dogs. Surely the Broncos More...

Girls from Down Under rising up in the WNBA
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size It must be hard to be a trail blazer. To be the brave person willing to step foot onto unchartered lands, More...

‘Pretty f–king happy!’ Bears on brink of return as NRL and WA government come to terms on 18th team
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size A Western Australian NRL team is nearing finalisation, after the ARL Commission has accepted a revised offer More...

Levi’s World Cup bid in peril as agent slams Rugby Australia for ‘unfair’ Wallaroos selection process
Days after Wallaroos coach Jo Yapp tried to allay fears of an internal rift between players on the eve of the World Cup, former dual-international Mat Rogers has slammed Rugby Australia for its handling of the More...

Fagan urges improvement in key aspect, denies link to troubled star
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The Brisbane Lions have been issued a gentle reminder from Chris Fagan after the coach noticed a “trend” More...

Reds lose one of Australian rugby’s most unheralded stars as Welsh club pounce on lock
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size He might not have earned a Wallabies cap, but one of Australia’s most unheralded stars, Ryan Smith, will More...

Super Rugby at last has an identity
Satirist Garrison Keillor began his show thus: “Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.” Welcome to the 2025 version More...

Aussie teen breaks Barty’s record in WTA breakthrough win
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Australia’s teenage tennis star Maya Joint has eclipsed one of Ash Barty’s records as she achieved another More...