Super Rugby Women’s Week Five teams: Force set for club history, Wallaroos return for Brumbies, Reds last-ditch dash for finals

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The final round of the regular season of Super Rugby Women’s is set to deliver a lot of surprises. The Reds will look to attempt a last-gasp haymaker for finals when they face the Waratahs, the Drua will look to sure up second place when they head to face the Rebels, while the Brumbies and […]

Super Rugby teams round 8: Tahs drop Marky Mark, Kellaway returns for Rebels, HMP replaces Lynagh

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Mark Nawaqanitawase has been left out of the Waratahs team to host the Crusaders while Andrew Kellaway returns after injury for the Rebels. Triston Reilly has been named ahead of Marky Mark, who can’t make it onto the bench. In a statement, the Tahs said “Reilly delivered many impressive performances earlier in the season and […]

‘Totally unacceptable’: AFL bans Port star for ‘unprompted and highly offensive’ homophobic slur

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Port Adelaide forward Jeremy Finlayson has been given a three-game suspension after admitting to making a homophobic slur towards an unnamed Essendon player. The AFL deemed Finlayson used an “unprompted and highly offensive” remark during the third quarter of the Power’s 69-point win against the Bombers on Friday night. As well as missing three games, […]

‘Shocked me’: Damien Cook ‘frustrated, angry and sad’ over Rabbitohs axe amidst Souths turmoil

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Damien Cook admits feeling “angry” and “frustrated” after being dropped for the most important match of Jason Demetriou’s tenure as South Sydney coach. Cook was a shock axing from the Rabbitohs’ side to face Cronulla on Saturday, with Demetriou fighting to save his job. A NSW State of Origin hooker last year, Cook said on […]

Caitlin to the fore as Matildas build impressive wall to shut out Mexico

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Caitlin Foord has scored a cracking goal and assisted another to steer the Matildas to a hard-fought 2-0 win over hard-pressing Mexico in an entertaining friendly ahead of the Paris Olympics. Foord teed up Hayley Raso to open the scoring in the ninth minute then scored a wonderful curling effort herself in the 52nd at […]