After guiding Newcastle to NRLW premiership glory, Millie Boyle is the toast of the town and now her fiance and Knights recruit Adam Elliott wants a piece of the action. Elliott, who has agreed to a three-year deal with the club, made headlines when he was overcome with tears of joy watching Boyle lead the Knights to victory over Parramatta ...
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Victor Radley investigated over alleged headbutt in Rugby League World Cup altercation with James Bentley
Victor Radley will face a potential sanction from the NRL who have launched an investigation into his alleged altercation with an Irish player. The Ireland player at the centre of the World Cup altercation with Victor Radley allegedly tried to attack England coach Shaun Wane before he went after the Sydney Roosters star. Sources close to the investigation into the ...
Read More »Schools of the Test cricketers: Schoolboys who dominated their generation
Public schools continue to produce the majority of Test cricketers to have played for Australia since the turn of the century but some of the nation’s biggest private schools are emerging as nurseries for the nation’s favourite summer sport. Of the 102 cricketers to have played a Test for Australia since 2000, 54 completed their schooling at public institutions, with ...
Read More »FIFA World Cup: Australian team revealed, the omission that has Socceroo mad
Australia coach Graham Arnold has been accused of taking “jobs for the boys to a new level” by former Socceroo Tommy Oar over some bombshell omissions from the World Cup squad to be announced on Tuesday. It’s understood experienced goalkeeper Mitch Langerak has missed selection for the Qatar tournament, a move that has left the Japan-based star dumbfounded. Instead, it ...
Read More »Paul Kent: CBA stoush shows rugby league’s ability to self-harm is second to none
Sometime after the first Super League War ended Dawn Fraser, our greatest living Australian, nodded towards George Piggins, who might just be the second, and declared that if Piggins led Balmain instead of the Rabbitohs then Balmain would still be alive in the NRL. As it turned out it was Souths that survived, and somewhat longer than Piggins after Souths ...
Read More »NRL 2022: Players sick of low-ball CBA offer, Hugh Marks’ big money role in disaster
Melbourne and Kangaroos hooker Harry Grant has some strong thoughts on the current stalemate between the players, the NRL and the clubs. For starters, he thinks the players are being low-balled as talks between head office and the Rugby League Players Association over a new agreement get bogged down in a messy argument over money. “For us as players, it’s ...
Read More »NRL Market Watch: John Bateman to ink three-year deal with Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are in the final stages of signing-off on a deal to bring English International John Bateman back to the NRL. In a move that could finally drag the Wests Tigers out of the competition cellar, the 29-year-old is eyeing a three-year deal to join a new-look Tigers pack that will include premiership-winning hooker Api Koroisau and Kiwi ...
Read More »T20 Cricket World Cup: England defeats New Zealand, throwing Australia’s hopes of a finals berth into more doubt
Australia has been challenged to unleash its inner beast if it is to defend the T20 World Cup. This was the message force-fed to the host nation by old rivals England (6-179) who roared to life to stay in semi-final contention by beating New Zealand in a tense, high quality shootout at the Gabba. England’s 20 run win improved their ...
Read More »How close Cameron Munster came to joining the Dolphins, and what changed his mind
Melbourne star Cameron Munster was done. His mind had been made up. He was leaving the Storm. Come November 1, he would throw himself on the open market, a move that had the potential to spark a frenzy of big-money bids for his services. Only now can it be revealed how close Munster was to packing his bags and ending ...
Read More »Tim Paine breaks silence on brutal exit as Australian Test cricket captain in new book
Tim Paine has claimed he was effectively sacked from the Test captaincy by a PR consultant, slamming Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley for not having the “courage” to do it himself. Paine ultimately chose to step down as Australian skipper in the face of a sexting scandal last November, but only because he felt CA’s bosses had “held a ...
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