Corey Williams is being remembered as a one-of-a-kind NBL figure after the former MVP and outspoken commentator lost his fight with cancer. A New York street-baller, the 46-year-old known as ‘Homicide’ played professionally in 12 countries and lit up the league when joining the Townsville Crocodiles in 2007. The father of two won the competition’s […]
BREAKING: Blues chaos continues as Cleary limps out for Panthers with suspected hamstring issue
Nathan Cleary has left Penrith’s clash with the Bulldogs before half time with a suspected reoccurence of his hamstring injury, throwing Michael Maguire’s NSW Origin plans further into disarray. The halfback has missed several weeks with the same injury earlier in the year, then returned for the Panthers win against the Cowboys. He was then […]
From Boom to Bust: A sad day for women’s sport as WNBL’s oldest club is no more
Sadly, on Thursday the owners of WNBL club the Melbourne Boomers handed back their license which has been transferred to a Geelong-based consortium. The Melbourne Boomers have been a part of the WNBL for 40 years. For the majority of their existence the team was known as the Bulleen Boomers. They played home matches at […]
Former Dockers, Giants forward Cam McCarthy passes away aged 29
Former Fremantle and GWS forward Cam McCarthy has passed away, aged 29. According to a report by The West Australian, he was found unresponsive at Lake Coogee in Perth’s south on Thursday evening. His death is not being treated as suspicious. McCarthy kicked 99 goals in 70 games with first the Giants and then the […]
Scrums banned from free-kicks, 20-min red cards and shotclocks: World Rugby tries to speed up the game
Seven months after the Springboks sensationally elected for a scrum from a mark inside their 22-metre line during their run to a fourth Webb Ellis Cup, World Rugby has tweaked the law to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Springboks fullback Damian Willemse called for a scrum in the first-half against France during last year’s World […]