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Kasey Badger’s inexperience and not her gender is leading to NRL players pushing the boundaries, the competition’s head of football Graham Annesley says. Badger’s performance has come under the microscope following an ill-tempered match between Canterbury and Wests Tigers that led to the referee sin-binning… Read More »‘This is not a gender issue’: Annesley warns players to show more respect to all refs after blowing up at Badger

The Waratahs’ hopes of making a late season surge to make the top eight have copped a blow, with hooker Julian Heaven the latest front-rower to go down. He isn’t the only one who will miss Saturday evening’s local derby against Stephen Larkham’s Brumbies, with… Read More »Jorgo injury adds to Tahs’ pain as DC forced to turn to club land to cover FOURTH season-ending hooker blow

How many weeks are left until we stop caring about the NRL again? This is the golden period of the season, with every team having its own narrative, but it’s about to be subsumed by chat about the Parochial All Stars – and, this time,… Read More »Five and a kick: An all-Dogs edge for NSW, Manly’s predictable collapse and why Benji’s old boys should know better

Kane Cornes has slammed the Western Bulldogs and under-fire coach Luke Beveridge for their ‘continuous downplaying of expectations’, as pressure mounts on the club following a shock loss to Hawthorn. The Bulldogs sit 11th on the ladder with a 3-5 record after being stunned by… Read More »AFL News: ‘Does my head in’ – Cornes slams Bevo’s reaction to Dogs’ loss, Giant cops big ban for ugly bump

The Western Force have landed a blow on their Australian rivals the Brumbies, luring Test second-rower Darcy Swain away from the nation’s capital. The 26-year-old, who wore the captain’s armband earlier in the season in the absence of Allan Alaalatoa and Ryan Lonergan, had been… Read More »Force get one over Super Rugby rivals, Brumbies recruitment strategy under focus