Sport
‘It’s a cruel game’: The try-scoring image of the Morris twins that broke dad’s heart
Steve ‘Slippery’ Morris was gutted to see son Brett suffer a career-ending injury on Saturday night. Moments later his other son Josh joined a list of all-time greats, with his twin brother just metres away.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Chammas on Monday
NRL 2021
Flying mullet man from Minchinbury: Cini an instant cult hero
- by Michael Chammas
NRL
Dragons 8 Wests Tigers 16
Match report
‘It wasn’t about me’: Tigers ease pressure on Maguire with upset win over Dragons
After a week of headlines about the future of their coach, the Tigers edged away from the bottom of the ladder with a fighting win as Zac Cini scored on his debut..
- by Adam Pengilly
‘He’ll be put to work’: Robinson reveals how ‘incredible’ Morris will help the Roosters
One of the game’s best wingers has seemingly played his last game, and his coach first led the tributes and then spoke of his importance to the squad for the rest of the year.
- by Adam Pengilly
Warriors 24 Cowboys 20
NRL 2021
‘They are saying the right things but the actions aren’t backing it up’: Payten slams Cowboys
- by Sam Phillips
Insight & Analysis
Protocols are wrong if Pulu hit judged the same as genuine coathanger
Paul Cully
Rugby must now be in danger of mistaking foul play with a split-second error of judgment or a momentary lapse of technique.
Rugby Union
Analysis
Super Rugby
Protocols are wrong if Pulu hit judged the same as genuine coathanger
- by Paul Cully
Brumbies 21 Force 9
Match report
Brumbies book place in Super Rugby AU final with win over Force
- by Tom Decent
Cricket
Community leaders slam charter flight request to bring IPL stars home
Indian-Australian community members say bringing cricket stars home while thousands of Australians remain stranded would not be well received.
- by Sarah Keoghan
CA’s cultural reviewer endorses Smith return to national captaincy
Dr Simon Longstaff, who led the probe of CA’s operations in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, also expressed disappointment with a delay in implementing a key recommendation.
- by Daniel Cherny
T20 World Cup may be moved to UAE, Australian IPL players not expecting ‘free rides’ home
- by Andrew Wu and Daniel Cherny
Soccer
Updated
Melbourne Victory
Victory fight back to draw with Mariners but rue disallowed goal
- by Michael Lynch
Western Sydney 3 Sydney FC 2
Match report
Debutant worth the wait for Wanderers as crucial goal seals win in Sydney derby
- by Dominic Bossi
AFL
Paddy McCartin punch being looked at by VFL match review panel
The VFL match review panel will decide on a penalty or otherwise for McCartin today. He returned to footy for the Swans VFL side earlier this year, having not played since 2019 because of the effects of concussion.
- by Anthony Colangelo
Hogan ‘lost the passion’ but confident his best is yet to come
If the big forward is right, the Giants may have landed a ready-made replacement for Jeremy Cameron at a bargain price.
- by Andrew Wu
Updated
AFL 2021
AFL admits Jeremy Cameron should have been paid the mark late in loss to Swans
- by Anthony Colangelo
Swans 14.6 (90) Geelong 12.16 (88)
Match report
‘Great spirit’: Swans cling on against Cats to seal thrilling comeback
- by Vince Rugari
Racing
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