St Kilda have confirmed the appointment of Stephen Silvagni as their new list manager, rejoining his friend Ross Lyon at the Saints as the club continues to move back to the future. Silvagni left Carlton at the end of 2019 after joining the Blues as list manager and was responsible for recruiting Jacob Weitering, Charlie […]

Organic vegetables and pasture-raised chickens are in, while processed foods, vegetable oil and soft drinks are out. This is the new diet that Sydney Roosters players hope will fuel their charge towards premiership glory. And, if successful, coach Trent Robinson and his clean-eating squad will have none other than former club great Anthony Minichiello to […]

Cameron Ciraldo is set to make his first big move as Canterbury coach by handing little-known recruit Hayze Perham first crack at the Bulldogs’ No.1 jersey in 2023. Jake Averillo has widely been tipped as the man to play fullback at the Bulldogs, although Perham has leapfrogged the incumbent and is in line to open […]

Alastair Clarkson has been charged with rebuilding North Melbourne on the field, but one of his first moves has been to take down a wall at his new club – literally. As Luke McDonald and Jy Simpkin were officially unveiled as co-captains after a training session of more than two hours at Arden St on […]

The Broncos have added some serious grunt to their pack with Marty Taupau agreeing to terms for the 2023 season. Taupau had become the highest-profile casualty of the drawn-out pay talks between the NRL and Rugby League Players’ Association, with no club prepared to make a play for his services until there was clarity around […]

Penrith were scheduled to speak with Stephen Crichton’s management on Monday to put forward an offer that they had been working on. They didn’t even get the chance to talk. On the eve of the meeting Stephen Crichton phoned Panthers coach Ivan Cleary to tell him that he was going to move on at the […]

Penrith’s Stephen Crichton told the club he will move on at season’s end at a key meeting with Panthers powerbrokers on Monday. Crichton’s future has been in the spotlight for some time and he brought it to a head by telling Penrith officials and teammates that the 2023 season will be his last at his […]

Key points The NRL has introduced new training protocols to simulate game-day HIA practices Clubs will provide training schedules and footage to the NRL Training contact limits could be introduced based on the NRL’s research NRL clubs will be required to video all contact training sessions and deploy head injury “spotters” as the game weighs […]

Essendon forward Jessica Wuetschner has opened up about the traumatic lightning strike almost three years ago that “ruined her life”, severely impacted her mental health and left her feeling like a “different person”. The All-Australian and premiership player was 27, and playing for the Brisbane Lions, when while working as a stevedore unloading ships on […]

Ed Curnow has witnessed many a false dawn at Carlton, but this time he has seen enough to be confident they can be a “contender” next year. After missing out on what coach Michael Voss described as a year of “transformation”, the veteran is driven by the dual goals of taking to the field with […]