Sport
NRL confirms zero tolerance will apply to Origin, and Fittler says sin bins inevitable
Referees have always been lenient during Origin but the NRL’s crackdown on high contact will continue into the representative arena.
- by Christian Nicolussi and Adam Pengilly
Updated
Australian cricket
Clarke suggests bowlers would have known as CA chief dodges ball tampering issue
- by Daniel Cherny and Jon Pierik
NRL
Dragons want Mbye to make mid-season switch from Wests Tigers
Moses Mbye recently met with the Dragons to discuss the potential of linking with the club next year. The Dragons want him sooner rather than later.
- by Michael Chammas
Bunnies win battle with NRL over Indigenous jersey
South Sydney and the NRL were locked in a stand-off over wearing their Indigenous strip two weeks in a row before the latter acquiesced to the club’s request.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Insight & Analysis
Fairy floss football: The problem areas awaiting next Waratahs coach
Wayne Smith
NSW pushed the boundaries with their investment in youth and it is fair to say the boundaries are pushing back. Their next coach has a big job on his hands.
Rugby Union
Opinion
Super Rugby
Fairy floss football: The problem areas awaiting next Waratahs coach
- by Wayne Smith
Crusaders 31 Brumbies 29
Match report
‘We’re devastated’: Brumbies come within a whisker of Crusaders upset
- by Tom Decent
Waratahs 48 Hurricanes 64
Match report
‘How do you score 48 points and lose?’: Waratahs one loss away from record streak
- by Sam Phillips
Cricket
Updated
Australian cricket
Clarke suggests bowlers would have known as CA chief dodges ball tampering issue
Michael Clarke and David Warner’s manager have scorned the 2018 investigation that concluded only three people had prior knowledge of the Cape Town ball-tampering plot.
- by Daniel Cherny and Jon Pierik
‘The finger-pointing is going to go on’: bowling coach responds to Bancroft bombshell
Australia’s bowling coach at the time of the ball-tampering scandal says the finger-pointing will not go away, suggesting that the incident could dog cricket in this country for decades.
- by Daniel Cherny
Soccer
AFL
Updated
AFL 2021
Giants dealt severe blow with Greene injury, Buddy to travel west for Swans
Greater Western Sydney’s stand-in captain Toby Greene will be sidelined for the next month after suffering a shoulder injury against Richmond.
- by Vince Rugari
Opinion
AFL 2021
Baaaaall: The worst rule in football and how it should be paid, or not
Two of our experts take different views on the contentious ‘holding the ball’ rule, and how it should be applied.
- by Michael Gleeson and Greg Baum
Opinion
AFL 2021
Four Points: Wingard route hurt the Hawks, clever Dons recruit, commentary call of the round
- by Michael Gleeson
Tigers 13.9 (87) Giants 12.11 (83)
Match report
Tigers fight back from the brink to run over gallant Giants
- by Andrew Wu
Racing
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