Cats toying with shock switch for All-Australian defender: ‘It can only benefit the team’

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Geelong are toying with shifting five-time All Australian defender Tom Stewart to the midfield in their bid to rebound from missing the AFL finals. The Cats are bullish about the prospect of a successful Stewart move which is likely to be tested in pre-season games. “I would love to see it,” Cats assistant coach James […]

Simmons scorches his way down comeback trail in return from injury: ‘Took a lot of effort and patience to get back’

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Ben Simmons has come up just short of a triple-double on return to the NBA in a performance the Australian felt vindicated his determination to recover from a long-term back injury. Brooklyn guard Simmons had missed 12 weeks and 38 games with a nerve impingement, the latest in a string of injuries that have scuppered […]

Rugby News: Quade thinks Wallabies days are over, tug-of-war looms in Aussie rugby over talent, Boks snap up gun Kiwi coach

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Quade Cooper hasn’t shut the book on pulling on the gold jersey again, but the veteran playmaker admits the chances of another Wallabies call-up are remote. Having resurrected his international career in 2021 under Dave Rennie, the 35-year-old was arguably the biggest omission from Eddie Jones’ World Cup squad last year. After starting in the […]

‘Why would I want to?’: Cheika’s take on Schmidt, his plans for 2027 World Cup, and the job he has no interest in

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Michael Cheika says he believes Rugby Australia locked down Joe Schmidt soon after the Eddie Jones fiasco unfolded, and he never spoke to them about a return to the Wallabies. Cheika, speaking on the Bye Round Podcast, said he “maybe” would have been interested in coming back to the team he left after the 2019 […]

NRL Round 1 judiciary: Vegas roll of the dice comes up snake eyes for Roosters, Wighton gets repreive

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Few things go together better than gambling and Las Vegas – but the Roosters have copped a bad beat early with Jared Waerea-Hargraves‘ appeal to the NRL to reduce his suspension rejected. The Kiwi enforcer was banned for a massive seven games following his two brain explosions against the Wests Tigers in Round 26 of […]