Rules that cruel the NRL: Inconsistency and psychic silliness holding back the game

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The current NRL product is as good as it’s ever been. All the athletes in the NRL with their skills, speed, strength and fitness levels are better than they’ve ever been in the game. However, I still prefer watching rugby league from the 80s and early 90s. That was the golden era of rugby league. […]

T20 World Cup: Marsh named captain, Smith and Fraser-McGurk miss out

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Mitch Marsh has been appointed as Australia’s men’s Twenty20 captain, set to lead a squad to the World Cup that does not include Steve Smith or Jake Fraser-McGurk. Selectors officially confirmed Marsh’s appointment on Wednesday, succeeding Aaron Finch after several players juggled the role in the past 18 months. After captaining Australia on recent tours, […]

‘Everything got taken from me’: Former Manly prop threatens legal action over excessive training techniques

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Manly are at risk of becoming the second NRL club to face legal action over training techniques, with former player Lloyd Perrett threatening to take the club to the NSW Supreme Court. Perrett has revealed he is planning to launch action over a training session in late 2017, which left him hospitalised with heat stroke […]

‘Want your babies!’ Socceroo’s strike puts delirious club on brink of EPL return for first time in 22 years

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Socceroo Cameron Burgess has put Ipswich within touching distance of the Premier League after a 2-1 win over Coventry in the English Championship. Kieffer Moore put the Tractor Boys a goal ahead early on at Coventry on Tuesday (local time), before Haji Wright’s second-half equaliser.  But Burgess squeezed his effort through a crowd of bodies […]

NRL News: Ciraldo defends trainer over Topine’s $4m wrestling lawsuit, DCE backs judiciary reform for cleanskins

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Cameron Ciraldo has launched an impassioned defence of Canterbury’s culture and the character of trainer Travis Touma, amid Jackson Topine’s civil suit against the club. Topine kicked off legal action against the Bulldogs in the NSW Supreme Court last week, citing psychiatric injury after a wrestling session last year. In the statement of claim, Topine […]