NSW have vowed to go after Reece Walsh and not ease up on the Queensland State of Origin star, with Liam Martin declaring physicality is simply part of football. Knocked out by Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii’s illegal high shot just seven minutes into Origin I, Walsh will play his first game in three weeks at the MCG […]
AFL News: Dockers’ mixed injury news, six inductees enter Hall of Fame, pitch invading hooligan cops life ban
Fremantle forward Michael Walters will miss three to four weeks with a hamstring injury but defender Brennan Cox is finally ready to make his playing return. Walters injured his right hamstring in the second quarter of Saturday’s 67-point loss to the Western Bulldogs. Scans have revealed a low-to-moderate grade hamstring injury, with the Dockers expecting […]
‘Cause as much havoc as I can’: Leniu wants to smash ‘all of them’ in Origin II with bench buddy Haumole
Spencer Leniu and Haumole Olakau’atu are on the bench but have a crucial role for the Blues in Origin II – providing aggression, direct running and physicality in defence. The two big men were all smiles at Blues headquarters on Tuesday, ready to hook into training and their impact assignments for game two in Melbourne. […]
‘Flat-track bully’ Bulldogs, ‘surging’ Hawks, ‘alarming’ Saints: How the bottom nine sides are tracking at the halfway mark
A few weeks ago we took a look at the top half of the ladder as the AFL season entered the bye period, and today we look at the remaining teams. 9. Western Bulldogs The Bulldogs are in the unusual position of having the second best percentage in the competition, but sitting outside the eight. […]
‘Embarrassed’ and ‘humiliated’: Exit that shows Eddie is still haunting Wallabies – and why Joe must go all-in on Noah
Australian rugby is still feeling the aftershocks of Eddie Jones’ miserable one-year return, with Carter Gordon’s departure to the NRL, in part, down to the “embarrassment” and “humiliation” of last year’s World Cup campaign. That’s the opinion of former Wallaby and two-time World Cup member Matt To’omua, who believes Jones’ gamble on the highest stage […]