Eight weeks is usually the point where the AFL ladder has taken its shape for the season – and thanks to Opening Round, that’s where we find ourselves. We have our major players: Sydney and GWS have been the standouts from the get-go, while they’ve been joined in recent weeks by the irrepressible march of […]
The season is heading into its middle third and there is a clear separation between seven teams who all look playoff bound and the other 10 fighting over the one remaining spot. Competition leaders Cronulla have done all they possibly can in the first two months of the season to show they belong in the […]
Nicho Hynes has not quite made an undeniable case to be Nathan Cleary’s halves partner for NSW but he should be the first five-eighth option that Blues selectors discuss when it comes time to pick their Origin team. Hynes was at his brilliant best at GIO Stadium on Sunday to spearhead the Sharks to an […]
A hat-trick to Desiree Miller and a double to her wing partner Maya Stewart has seen the Waratahs deny the Fijiana Drua a three-peat, as NSW claimed their first title since 2022 by winning 50-14 at Ballymore on Sunday afternoon. The title was the Waratahs’ fifth, but first since the Drua upset NSW in 2022 […]
There is only one Kalyn Ponga but Newcastle have shown they won’t be shot ducks while their star fullback is out with a long-term foot injury. Unheralded debutant David Armstrong dazzled for the Knights in the No.1 jersey at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday as the visitors recorded a much-needed 18-16 victory by holding off a […]
