Latrell Mitchell will meet South Sydney’s senior club figures on Tuesday in the wake of his sub-par start to the season which has culminated in a three-game ban for elbowing Warriors half Shaun Johnson. The star fullback was placed on report twice in the Bunnies’ 34-4 loss to the Warriors on Saturday and was charged […]
AFL head of football Laura Kane has indicated Alastair Clarkson’s fine and suspended ban for a homophobic slur won’t be used as a reference point in determining punishment for Jeremy Finlayson. Port Adelaide forward Finlayson directed a homophobic slur towards an Essendon player in the third quarter of the Power’s 69-point victory over the Bombers […]
Late on Friday night, Morgan Turinui paid Carter Gordon the ultimate compliment. The former Wallaby turned pundit described Gordon’s pass as Stephen Larkham-esque. Over the course of 80 minutes against the Drua, we saw Gordon’s passing game and vision come to the fore. His cut out pass to Glen Vaihu, where he cut out three […]
Imagine this scenario. When the ball appeared to brush the arm of Fremantle defender James Aish off the boot of George Hewett, fans watching the game on TV have 30 seconds – or as long as it takes for Matthew Cottrell to have his shot at goal – to take out their smartphones and hit […]
I well remember the day a New Zealand Rugby staffer put their hands on me. It seems I’d made them angry.The Wellington Sevens was dying in a ditch and our governing body wanted a positive spin put on things and for we in the media to write glowing things about our anonymous men’s sevens “stars’’. […]
