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Wallabies spill blood for final berth

You only needed to look at the blood streaming from David Pocock's nose and smeared across his face to know the Wallabies will be battered and bruised as they prepare for a World Cup final.

Ball fears: Not too late to call off Test

Andrew Wu, Jon Pierik 6:57 AM Hard to see and changes colour. These are the criticisms of the pink ball that could force Cricket Australia to abort next month's groundbreaking day-night Test aginast New Zealand.

Hawks admit they blew it in loss to Wildcats

Mitch Cohen Illawarra coach Rob Beveridge admitted his side 'blew it' after the Hawks gave up a fourth quarter lead to crumble to a 106-99 defeat at the hands of Perth Wildcats on Sunday afternoon.

MotoGP title goes to wire amid Rossi drama

5:05 AM MotoGP championship leader Valentino Rossi will start the season finale in Valencia from the back of the grid after the Italian was penalised for clashing with Marc Marquez at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Moodie wants unity over whip breaches

Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie has urged the industry to rally in the wake of anti-racing campaigners stepping up their campaign during the spring carnival.

West Coast Eagles

AFL 2016 fixtures grant a wish to the Eagles

Ray Sparvell The West Coast Eagles will get their wish granted to play more games at the MCG when they face grand final nemesis Hawthorn in round two in the AFL season 2016.

Gold Coast-bound Matt Rosa already 'on outer' with former Eagles mates

Staff writers It's been less than 48 hours since West Coast agreed to trade Matt Rosa to the Gold Coast Suns - but his Eagles teammates already giving him an online ribbing about his departure.

Eagle Colledge likely to be demoted

Suns bring in Eagle Matt Rosa

Essendon's Giles becomes an Eagle

Fremantle Dockers

AFL 2016 fixtures grant a wish to the Eagles

Ray Sparvell The West Coast Eagles will get their wish granted to play more games at the MCG when they face grand final nemesis Hawthorn in round two in the AFL season 2016.

When AFL trades go awry

Matt Murnane With the "silly season" finished for another year and the reality of the decisions made about to sink in, we take a broad look at the many different times and ways trading can go bad.

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Giant Cam McCarthy to try for Fremantle Dockers trade again next year

Carlton's 11th-hour bid for Giant left hanging

Perth Glory

Perth Glory on the way back after salary cap scandal

Michael Cockerill The A-League needs a strong club in the west.

Ferreira brace downs gutsy Glory

Central Coast have delivered on their intent to entertain with a 3-2 opening-round win A-League home win over Perth.

Bitter departure from Glory creates mixed emotions for Jamieson

Former Perth Glory youth players face scam syndicate charges

Covic keeps career alive with Perth Glory move

Western Force

Ben Tapuai joins Western Force, Springbok Grant rumoured to follow

Georgina Robinson The embattled Reds appear to have lost another player to a rival Australian Super Rugby team, with 7-Test centre Ben Tapuai believed to have signed with the Western Force.

WAtoday.com.au Friday Sports Forecast - June 19, 2015

David Prestipino & Simon White Friday forecast: best bets, ladder analysis, teams, insights. Get it all and more, right here.

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Rebels coach fumes as Western Force wins

Scrappy loss ends Rebels' season

WAtoday.com.au Friday Sports Forecast - June 12, 2015

Rugby Heaven

Finegan lauds Fardy for 'best game I've seen him play'

Rupert Guinness 2:02 PM Owen Finegan knows more than a thing or two about brutal but effective play on the rugby union field.

Argentina coach in tears after World Cup defeat

Tom Decent 10:06 AM Despite reaching the World Cup semi-finals, the heartbreak of bowing out of the tournament was all too much for Argentina coach Daniel Houcarde who was seen post-game

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Rugby World Cup 2015: How England fans were forced to love their arch enemies

Soccer

Nix to Wellington as FFA flexes to wield the axe on Kiwi club

Michael Lynch 4:43 PM Wellington Phoenix look set to be dumped from the A-League at the end of the season after Australian soccer chiefs opted not to accede to the Kiwi club's request for a 10 year license extension at the end of this season.

Phoenix edging closer to A-League expulsion

Dominic Bossi 4:11 PM The FFA has turned down the Phoenix's application for a long-term licence in the A-League, raising further fears about the club's future.

IS terror fears lead FFA to seek shift

Cricket

Warner to play Shield opener

3:45 PM David Warner will take part in the opening round of the Sheffield Shield as the Australia opener seeks to prove his fitness for the first Test against New Zealand.

Players still off-colour over pink-ball format

Jon Pierik 3:44 PM Former Test opener Chris Rogers says he does not have a philosophical issue with the day-night Test but issues over the degradation of the ball have raised concerns among players about it becoming cricket's "fourth format".

Waugh says Australia are 50-50 to beat New Zealand

League HQ

Stuart ''now has the team he wants", says Croker

Jon Tuxworth 5:00 PM Canberra Raiders skipper Jarrod Croker believes the club will have few excuses should it miss finals next year, conceding coach Ricky Stuart "now has the team he wants" after putting a broom through the playing roster.

Gallen targets SBW but must overcome next Kiwi challenge

Daniel Lane 12:52 PM Cronulla Sharks skipper Paul Gallen said despite the demand for him and All Blacks forward Sonny Bill Williams to lock horns in the boxing ring, he's all but ruled out any chance of it happening this summer.