NRL News: First Vegas participants for 2025 set to be named, NAS might need long reggies stint

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The NRL are set to meet this week to discuss the line-up for next year’s Vegas extravaganza – and one of the competition’s heavyweights has already been picked. The threepeat Penrith Panthers are top of the list, according to reports in the Sydney Morning Herald, with the club looking to take advantage of being forced […]

‘Absolutely incredible’: Aussie rookie bounces back from brutal bashing to swing IPL thriller

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Adelaide’s pace ace Spencer Johnson has become the toast of Ahmedabad, recovering from a nightmare IPL debut over to deliver a double-wicket comeback that propelled Gujarat Titans to a thrilling triumph. In front of his excited home fans, the 28-year-old left-hander, one of the big gambles of the IPL auction when he was signed on […]

NRL Round 3 Talking Points: Blowouts, bad bunnies, and bunker babies are back

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Three weeks of NRL season 2024 are in the bank and there’s no shortage of stories starting to take shape. Let’s have a look at your NRL talking points. The Rabbitohs are rank In their opening game of the season against Manly, South Sydney led by 8 points just after halftime before collapsing in a […]

The Wrap: Drua drop goal drama written into Fijian constitutional law

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Friday night’s two Super Rugby matches were remarkably similar; the two losers, the Melbourne Rebels and Moana Pasifika, doing good things on attack, but because of skill errors, breakdown deficiencies and ineffective first-up tackling, providing far too much leeway for the opposition attack. Compared to other, more attractive grounds, Palmerston North’s Central Energy Trust Arena, […]

Football in Australia must never stop fighting for its fair share of funding

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The Socceroos will draw a bigger crowd on Tuesday night than many NRL games, yet the simple act of football asking for fair funding invokes howls of fury from mainstream Australia. If you ever want an illustration of the special treatment certain sports get over others, just flick on a St George Illawarra Dragons game […]