After the trauma of last season's points reduction, the Warriors are ready to prove themselves in 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 by Matt Triggs
The fact that 24 AFL and NRL players have tested positive to illicit drugs between 2005 and 2006 is an alarming statistic. It's time the authorities used a real testing system. Posted March 16, 2007 by Robin Parisotto
With the year’s top three joined by the perennial Kiwi dark horses, this author reckons Cronulla Sharks and New Zealand Warriors will edge their preliminary finals against Melbourne Storm and Manly Sea Eagles. Posted September 23, 2008 by James Mortimer
After years of heartache, the South Sydney Rabbitohs, under the control of actor Russell Crowe have started the NRL season in unbeatable form. Posted April 04, 2007 by Chris Gilbert
The 26 weeks of the world's finest provincial Rugby League championship rounds have ended. Now for the business end. Who can halt Melbourne? Posted September 05, 2007 by James Mortimer
Skipper Steve Price weighs up his side's chances for the new NRL season and says they've just got to get over the loss of their main man. Posted March 07, 2008 by Paul Alexander
Australian champs put game to shame as Bellamy attacks NRL over Test skipper Smith's 'grapple' ban. Posted September 28, 2008 by James Mortimer
The ARL needs to move forward -- and there are lessons to be learned from our American cousins at the NFL. Posted January 10, 2007 by Mark Maguire
Ahead of the biggest game of the year, rugby league fans in Australia are talking about wrestling holds rather than the football, with no consistency in the latest crackdown. Posted October 01, 2008 by Hamish McBrearty
It may not have been a clash for the ages, but Australia's 2008 rugby league showpiece certainly didn't disappoint either. Posted October 06, 2008 by Hamish McBrearty
Canterbury Bulldogs star Sonny Bill Williams faces court action for doing a bunk to play union in France. The case has broken new ground and forces us once more to confront big questions over the rival codes. Posted August 13, 2008 by Michael Duncan
The bitterness of League's thick-neck fans towards the AFL is so out of order. Australia is big enough for both sports. Posted November 12, 2007 by Craig Hackney
There is no place for violence on a sports field. But as AFL fan Craig Hackney points out, we do not want our leisure time sanitised to the extent that physical contact is completely outlawed. Posted April 14, 2008 by Craig Hackney
The Rugby League World Cup's battle of the South Seas produced a predictably fiery battle which the Samoans taming Pacific rivals Tonga 20-12. Posted November 02, 2008 by Fili Tupua
Was the Rugby League star courageous for owning up to drug abuse? Maybe if he had come clean before his arrest, and the fact is, everyone in the game had known about his habit for years. Posted September 08, 2007 by Craig Hackney
In the old days rugby and football clubs had a manager or coach. These days, it's all about head coach and director of this, than and the other. Can such a relationship work? Posted January 14, 2007 by Gaz Shaw
Where do we draw the line between drug addiction and drugs cheating in sport? It needs a concerted effort by the drug agencies to sort out the problem. Posted March 29, 2007 by Robin Parisotto
The appointment of an Australian as Great Britain coach has raised a few eyebrows. So can Tony Smith bring Aussie strength and commitment to the British game? Posted April 02, 2007 by Gaz Shaw
Sportingo's Donna Gee suggested in a recent article that Rugby Union and Rugby League should pool their assets and combine. The idea sparked a war of words between fans of both codes and complaints that Donna was biased towards Rugby Union. This is one Rugby League fan's response. . . Posted January 05, 2007 by James Vukmirovic
As Brisbane salutes the Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup winners, it's the turn of the ARL boys to storm Melbourne on a weekend of Kiwi magic. Posted September 15, 2008 by Fili Tupua
After years of having the biggest gates and most successful teams, Queensland has finally been rewarded with the jewel in the RL crown. Posted April 22, 2007 by Chris Gilbert
The Australia-India second Test has been marred by controversial umpiring decisions. Is it time for cricket to move into the 21st century and allow cameras a greater role? Posted January 04, 2008 by Hamish McBrearty
New Zealand and England cannot be discounted, but this author is backing the Kangaroos to pick up their seventh straight trophy. Posted October 15, 2008 by James Mortimer
This small Pacific nation, who face New Zealand on Wednesday, boasts a remarkable sporting heritage, from wrestling to the English Premier League to the NFL. Posted September 01, 2008 by Fili Tupua
New Zealand have a capable team, talented enough to match, but not powerful enough to regularly dominate, an Australian or Indian team. They need a special player to help nurture them. Posted May 08, 2008 by James Mortimer
The game's greatest player has let himself and the sport down. What makes high-profile sports people think they are more important than the fans who pay to watch them? Posted August 31, 2007 by James Mortimer
The Rhinos have broken the 15-year dominance of traditional Rugby League powerhouses Wigan, Bradford and St Helens with their championship wins in 2004 and 2007. And they look to be on course to repeat their heroics – but the season has a long way to go. Posted April 11, 2008 by James Mortimer
As the engage Super League prepares for the big kick-off, all eyes will be on Humberside as the two Hull clubs make headlines at opposite ends of the table. Posted January 31, 2007 by Michael Hewitt
Things have changed dramatically over the past 40 years. Is greed taking over and strangling the great game? Posted January 08, 2007 by Ian Shotton
Part 2 of an irreverent look at the doping scandals of 2007, taking in the famous and not so famous in a wide range of sports. Posted December 14, 2007 by Robin Parisotto
The priority for the All Blacks, Springboks and Wallabies must be to sort out their individual problems if they want to code to compete globally. Posted August 14, 2008 by James Mortimer
The second half of the 2008 Tri-Nations kicks off with world champions South Africa hosting Graham Henry's men at Newlands this weekend. With the score 1-1 after their two clashes in New Zealand, the battle for global supremacy is well and truly back on... Posted August 11, 2008 by Fili Tupua