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The AFL is making an extremely rare in-season rule change with umpires to be instructed to reduce the “reasonable time” aspect of the holding the ball interpretations. All 18 clubs have been informed of the decision by a memo and as reported by SEN, the… Read More »AFL News: Umpires make major in-season change over contentious rule, Tigers trio back, Cats star to snub Tassie homecoming

Haumole Olakau’atu has a confession that he hopes NSW fans can forgive him for. The Blues forward grew up a Queensland fan. “If I’m going to be honest, I was growing up going for the Maroons,” Olakau’atu admitted on his first full day in Blues… Read More »Origin News: Blues debutant admits he was a Maroons fan ‘since day dot’, Rooster booster with Teddy at the ready

Alex de Minaur has helped dispel the gloom in the Australian tennis ranks with a virtuoso drought-busting victory on a long, rainy day at the French Open. Alex Michelsen, a teenage American tyro who had already beaten Australia’s No.1 on a hard court this year,… Read More »De Minaur provides Aussie hope amid Parisian gloom after sending US teen into tantrum

Every week, two things occupy the minds of rugby fans in this part of the world. The first is the question of how, exactly, are we to revive the popularity of the sport of rugby union in this great nation which has such a sporadically… Read More »Rugby’s route back to relevance: More back stabbing, vicious boardroom sagas, and Evil Emperor Waugh