Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Charlie Curnow immediately regretted checking how many goals Taylor Walker kicked on Saturday night. The star Crow, best known as “Tex”, had feasted on West Coast for the second time this season, kicking nine goals to temporarily overtake […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The top eight won’t be decided until the very last whistle of the regular season, but it will be the resurgence of Brisbane as an NRL powerhouse that dictates the finals fortunes of several rivals. Twenty-four hours before […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Melbourne’s finals preparations have been rocked by fears Jake Melksham has torn his anterior cruciate ligament, as the Demons now prepare to face Collingwood in a blockbuster qualifying final at the MCG. The Demons capped their 16-win home-and-away […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There is hardly a job in football Lance Franklin could not walk into in retirement. The question is: would he want to? When Franklin completes his lap of honour at the SCG on Sunday, the fans he thrilled […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rodney Churchill, the son of rugby league Immortal Clive Churchill, has launched a stinging attack on South Sydney star Latrell Mitchell, saying the club’s pampering of him has backfired. Churchill has long doubted Mitchell’s value, and he has […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Western Bulldogs will need to wait until late on Sunday for the second year in a row to find out whether they’ll play finals after overcoming Geelong in Geelong by 25 points on Saturday night, 16.8 (104) […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. They were a long way from their best, but the Brisbane Lions have accounted for St Kilda in a hard-fought slog at the Gabba, grinding out a 12-point win in an inaccurate, sometimes sloppy affair. But the manner […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Premiership-winning former Newcastle coach Michael Hagan sat in the stands at McDonald Jones Stadium last Sunday watching Kalyn Ponga and thought one thing: Andrew Johns. “He was doing things last week in that game that wasn’t far off […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Andrew Phillips isn’t the type of guy you’d describe as scary. Carrying an easy smile, his eyes light up at the mention of his two toddlers, Ned and Toby and his wife Teagan, who he married at a […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A pair of West Coast powerbrokers have backed Adam Simpson, saying that the Eagles should retain the embattled senior coach for 2024. While Simpson’s position is under serious threat, as the club board prepares to decide whether to […]