Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This grand final should be classified as a psychological thriller. The game holds plenty of promise; the combatants are certain to be challenged. Fans will be tense, coaches on edge and bravery essential. Also essential will be the […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Kalyn Ponga has been crowned Dally M Medal winner after his late-season surge for the Knights was enough to mow down early favourite Shaun Johnson. Ponga became just the third Newcastle player after Andrew Johns and Danny Buderus […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. While Craig McRae exhorts his Collingwood players to remain in the moment, Jamie Elliott finds it hard not to imagine what it would be like to become a premiership player on Saturday. “I definitely think about it,” Elliott […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Steve Edge is asked how his mob would go. If the great Parramatta three-peat side he captained had enjoyed all the benefits of sports science that go with being a professional athlete today, how would they fare against […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For weeks, Panthers winger Brian To’o has worn headgear at the start of games but often returns for the second half without it. In last week’s preliminary final against Melbourne, he didn’t even make it to half-time before […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Brett Ratten will return to Hawthorn as the head of coaching performance and development to support Sam Mitchell in Mitchell’s third year as senior coach. Two sources at Hawthorn with knowledge of the appointment, who were not authorised […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Taylor Adams was first man on the track – and also the first off it – in a training session that did little to bolster his hopes of playing in the grand final against Brisbane. All eyes were […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Brisbane Lions key forward Joe Daniher has had his ups and downs in football – injuries restricted him to just 15 games in his last three years with Essendon; he’s had well-documented issues with his goalkicking; and there […]

Ireland coach John Fogarty is sure an alleged stamp on Josh van der Flier will be looked at by the authorities. South Africa replacement Ox Noche appeared to stand on the Irish star during Saturday’s Rugby World Cup match at the Stade de France. Ireland secured a memorable 13-8 victory in Paris. They have now […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. North Melbourne will be armed with three extra end-of-first-round picks across the next two drafts as part of an AFL assistance package designed to help the Roos escape the bottom two. The AFL Commission gave the green light […]