They made hard work of it, but Les Kiss’ Queensland Reds did enough to overturn a 10-point deficit to go on and defeat the Melbourne Rebels 26-22. After a sleepy first-half, the Reds trailed 15-5 at half-time but scored three unanswered converted tries to open… Read More »Reds win ugly over Rebels to keep top four hopes alive as big-name Wallabies forced off
The pressure continues to rise on Brad Arthur at Parramatta after his side slumped to a 30-14 defeat to Brisbane despite a mountain of possession and field position. The Eels have now lost three in a row and five from six games ahead of a… Read More »Arthur pressure mounts as Parra fail to make domination count against battling Broncos
Corey Williams is being remembered as a one-of-a-kind NBL figure after the former MVP and outspoken commentator lost his fight with cancer. A New York street-baller, the 46-year-old known as ‘Homicide’ played professionally in 12 countries and lit up the league when joining the Townsville… Read More »RIP, ‘Homicide’: NBL pays tribute to Corey Williams – an MVP, colourful commentator and larger-than-life character
Nathan Cleary has left Penrith’s clash with the Bulldogs before half time with a suspected reoccurrence of his hamstring injury, throwing Michael Maguire’s NSW Origin plans further into disarray. The halfback has missed several weeks with the same injury earlier in the year, then returned… Read More »‘No good’: Blues chaos continues as ‘devastated’ Cleary limps out for Panthers with suspected hamstring issue
Sadly, on Thursday the owners of WNBL club the Melbourne Boomers handed back their license which has been transferred to a Geelong-based consortium. The Melbourne Boomers have been a part of the WNBL for 40 years. For the majority of their existence the team was… Read More »From Boom to Bust: A sad day for women’s sport as WNBL’s oldest club is no more