Live in the present
[ad_1] Twin bowling efforts across two states turned the shape of the Sheffield Shield season on its head on Tuesday as the decision to prepare wickets for results in both Tasmania and Victoria backfired on the hosts. Going into the game needing only a draw against South Australia to host the final, Tasmania, having secured … Read more
[ad_1] NRL fans have made the most of three-time defending champions Penrith Panthers’ 8-0 loss to the Melbourne Storm in the opening round of the season. The Panthers have been the dominant force in rugby league in recent times, and as Australians are want to do, the tall poppy syndrome has kicked right in. Watch … Read more
[ad_1] Former Hawthorn and Melbourne star Jordan Lewis believes Thursday night will be the biggest game of Brodie Grundy’s career. Grundy, now at the Sydney Swans, will take on former teammate Max Gawn, renewing the pair’s hostilities that were paused for one year while the former was at the Dees. Traded in and out of … Read more
[ad_1] The AFL has chosen to keep the forced break after a concussion at 12 days – but only at the elite level, with all other footballers forced into a minimum 21-day absence. The league realised its 2024 concussion protocols on Wednesday evening, declaring the extra medical care and management seen for AFL and AFLW … Read more
[ad_1] Marnus Labuschagne is in the middle of an ongoing form slump and according to Australian cricket great Mark Waugh, there is a “worrying sign” as to why he may be struggling to shake it. Labuschagne managed just three runs in the first Test against New Zealand, having now brought up just one century in … Read more
[ad_1] As Brayden Maynard recounted after Charlie Cameron’s late goal in the 2023 Grand Final, “I remember going into my own head.” You sense a few of his Collingwood teammates might’ve done the same. Of course, only five years prior, roughly half the Magpies side had suffered the most heartbreaking of losses in the 2018 … Read more
[ad_1] As New Zealand’s premier wicketkeeper during a groundbreaking period on the international scene, Ian Smith is understandably pretty decent with his hands. But the Kiwi, who celebrated his 67th birthday on the eve of New Zealand’s two Test series against Australia beginning in Wellington on Thursday, is renowned for another handy knack. The course … Read more
[ad_1] North Melbourne president Sonja Hood says Tarryn Thomas was “out of chances” in explaining the decision to part ways with the troubled midfielder in an emotional letter to members and supporters. It was confirmed Thomas had been axed by the Kangaroos and banned from playing in the 2024 AFL season as the league handed … Read more
[ad_1] Premiers Collingwood get their defence underway with their first serious hitout of the 2024 season, as Alastair Clarkson’s North Melbourne attempt to begin their climb back to contention. The Magpies (18-5, 127% last year) will be without a substantial portion of their Grand Final side but have Josh Daicos back after an interrupted pre-season, … Read more
[ad_1] Collingwood premiership star Isaac Quaynor has opened up his “special” promotion to the leadership group, saying the enormity of his new role for the powerhouse club he grew up supporting “hasn’t quite sunk in yet.” Quaynor was last week unveiled as the newest member of Collingwood’s four-man leadership group for 2024 alongside skipper Darcy … Read more