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NRL

Parramatta have a huge hurdle to overcome this week.

‘They have to face the consequences’: Rival clubs urge NRL to punish Eels

COVID bubble restrictions have left Parramatta facing the prospect of having just 16 eligible players for Magic Round after the club ignored a warning not to field fringe players in NSW Cup.

  • by Michael Chammas
All Blacks star TJ Perenara is on the verge of joining the Sydney Roosters mid-season.
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NRL 2021

Back in black: TJ Perenara snubs Roosters to stick with New Zealand Rugby

Talks broke down with the All Blacks star after he decided against moving his young family between Japan and Australia for the next two years.

  • by Sam Phillips
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Insight & Analysis

‘Not queue jumping’: Why athletes don’t deserve to be caught in vaccine debate crossfire

Phil Lutton
Phil Lutton

Australia’s Olympians are deeply grateful for the chance to be vaccinated. They shouldn’t endure the scorn of a public they are so proud to represent.

Was the Super Rugby final the most significant provincial game in Australian rugby history?

Wayne Smith

Many a facile word is spoken in commentary but Tim Horan’s observation after Queensland’s thrilling win that “rugby is back” was on the money.

God-like Tongan Thor won this title for Queensland

Paul Cully
Paul Cully

Taniela Tupou was the man who almost single-handedly wrestled the Super Rugby grand final back from the Brumbies’ grasp.

Cricket

Mike Hussey

National cricketers in line for vaccinations as Hussey tests negative

On the back of Australia’s Olympians beginning their vaccination program ion Monday, National Cabinet ruled other sportsmen and women can now join the queue.

  • by Malcolm Conn
Pat Cummins in his hotel room in India.

Eerie silence and sacred cows as Cummins awaits passage from India

Cooped up in his Ahmedabad hotel as the Australian contingent began to leave India for the Maldives to wait out the government’s travel ban, Pat Cummins had time to reflect on a very different IPL experience.

  • by Malcolm Conn

Soccer

AFL

Craig Drummond

Are the Geelong Cats hunting for a Swan?

Could a favourite son return from Sydney for the role?

  • by Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson
John Longmire has been one of the AFL’s most vocal coaches against the cuts to football department spending.

‘Cut with a chainsaw’: Longmire calls for AFL help after staff costs slashed

The Sydney Swans coach wants an acknowledgement from the AFL that club staffers are being heavily overworked after a savage round of cuts to football department spending last year.

  • by Vince Rugari

Racing

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Cate Campbell receives her vaccination on Monday.

‘Not queue jumping’: Why athletes don’t deserve to be caught in vaccine debate crossfire

Australia’s Olympians are deeply grateful for the chance to be vaccinated. They shouldn’t endure the scorn of a public they are so proud to represent.

  • by Phil Lutton
On Friday, Cambage threatened to boycott the Games on Instagram over the alleged “whitewashing” of two promotional shoots involving the Australian Olympic team.

‘Everything will work out’: Jackson confident Cambage will compete at Olympics

Opals legend Lauren Jackson says she ‘knows’ Liz Cambage will sort out her differences with the AOC in time for the Tokyo Games, and backed the star for expressing her opinions.

  • by Sarah Keoghan

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