Wednesday, May 18, 2016

How Hawthorn are coping with Jarryd Roughead's cancer diagnosis and other top stories.

  • How Hawthorn are coping with Jarryd Roughead's cancer diagnosis

    The partners of Hawthorn players will get together to discuss how to support Roughead's wife, Sarah Photo: Pat Scala Jarryd Roughead is known to the coaches and football staffers at Hawthorn as "the locker room carer", the go-to man who senses better than most the mood of the group and who often guides the hierarchy if a player is in some kind of personal trouble.And so it transpired on Tuesday when the beloved 29-year-old instructed his emotional teammates n..
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  • Melbourne Storm lock Dale Finucane says club out for points, not to knock down Parramatta Eels

    Melbourne Storm lock Dale Finucane says club out for points, not to knock down Parramatta Eels
    Melbourne Storm's Dale Finucane will play his 100th game. Photo: Getty Images Melbourne Storm lock Dale Finucane says his side is trying to accumulate wins, not knock down other sides ahead of their clash with Parramatta Eels at Pirtek Stadium on Monday night.The Eels have lost their points from the opening nine rounds as part of their penalties for several years of salary cap violations but could still make the finals if they win the majority of their remain..
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  • Archie Thompson looks to play on, will NPL Victoria be the best option?

    Archie Thompson looks to play on, will NPL Victoria be the best option?
    It comes to an end: Archie Thompson walks off the arena. Photo: Getty Images There was tears and laughter, joy and sadness. Hardened supporters had lumps in their throats, and the man at the centre of the attention, Archie Thompson, found it hard to hold it all together.AAMI Park rose as one to salute Melbourne Victory's record goalscorer, its best known player and the A-League's biggest star as he bade farewell to the Victory faithful on their own turf one l..
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  • Pay Jarryd Hayne what he's worth, but don't let him play sevens for Fiji at the Rio Olympic Games

    Pay Jarryd Hayne what he's worth, but don't let him play sevens for Fiji at the Rio Olympic Games
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Hayne's baby steps Jarryd Hayne hopes to win gold with the Fiji Sevens team in Rio, but is not guaranteed a place according to the coach. PT1M21S 620 349 If it please the court, our next case is Odds & Sods v Jarryd Hayne.He doth appear before the People's Court on two charges.The first is that he dideth, or at least just mighteth have, allegedly-eth, wilfully-eth and grievously-eth been-eth a party to rorting the salary cap system, by accepting ..
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  • Coates welcomes Volkers Rio Olympic ban

    Coates welcomes Volkers Rio Olympic ban
    He's yet to receive official confirmation, but Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has welcomed news that Australian swim coach Scott Volkers, who has faced sex abuse claims, has been barred from the Rio Games by Brazilian officials.Australia asked Brazil's Olympic Committee to not accredit Volkers, who has been working in Brazil since 2011, for any Olympic role following a damning review by the child sex abuse royal commission.According to BBC Brazil, the Brazilian Olympic Commit..
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  • Netball Australia to announce major change

    Netball Australia to announce major change
    New franchises aligned to major football teams and some element of private ownership are among the big changes expected to the new-look netball competition to be announced on Thursday.The eight-team trans-Tasman competition which started in 2008 will be jettisoned, with both Australia and New Zealand staging separate domestic tournaments, with the possibility of a crossover component.Netball Australia are expected to unveil up to three new teams, with Sydney and Melbourne each getting a second t..
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Brisbane turns rainbow for IDAHOT .Five staff injured in Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital brawl .
Matthew Kreuzer seals memorable AFL win for Carlton over Port Adelaide .Sydney man charged with poisoning colleague by spiking drinks while at work .

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