Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Western Bulldogs have no insurance to cover the record $5.9 million damages payout awarded by the courts for historic sex abuse by a club volunteer in the 1980s. The club immediately declared its intent to appeal the […]

South Africa win the 2023 Rugby World Cup The All Blacks’ agonising 12-11 defeat to South Africa in this year’s Rugby World Cup final has been plunged into controversy. It has been claimed World Rugby have privately acknowledged to the All Blacks that the ruling out of Aaron Smith’s try during their clash with the […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Essendon and Hawthorn expect to face off against each other at the MCG in round one for the second consecutive season in what could become a permanent fixture for the two historic rivals. The Bombers thrashed Hawthorn in […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When the Prime Minister’s XIII men’s and women’s teams played in Port Moresby in September, their security detail issued strict advice: don’t give your jersey to someone in the crowd because it could lead to violence, possibly death. […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The NRL draw has landed, with sugar, spice and, for some, things not so nice in 2024. Gripes can be found anywhere if that’s what you’re looking for, and positive spin, too, in equal measure. And with an […]

England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie will come in from the cold today relieved he did not risk his career to play at the World Cup. Cowan-Dickie, 30, was included in Steve Borthwick’s initial training squad but after three weeks gave second best to the worrying neck injury that had derailed his transfer from Exeter to Montpellier. […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. After 205 NRL games and 11 seasons at the Tigers, Luke Brooks donned Manly’s maroon-and-white jersey for the first time on Friday. At his first training session with his new club, Brooks spoke of his excitement at joining […]

Rugby World Cup final referee Wayne Barnes has opened up on receiving threats of sexual violence in the aftermath of South Africa’s victory over New Zealand last month. Barnes became the first English official since 1995 to oversee the final but the feat has since been overshadowed by a torrent of abuse he has received […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jayden Sullivan, if he gets his father’s consent, may play his first game for Wests Tigers with a new name. Known to family and friends as “Bud”, that’s how he wants to be addressed from now on. “Everyone […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A spinal specialist has given teenage Canterbury playmaker Karl Oloapu hope of making a successful return from a neck injury that threatened his promising NRL career. There were fears Oloapu, who played through the pain of a bulging […]