Sport
Opinion
NRL 2024
Bennett is the good cop Souths need – but can’t be trusted with their future
Wayne Bennett is a proven winner, but the long-term future of the Rabbitohs can’t be left in his hands.
- by Andrew Webster
Former Wallabies coach Cheika expresses interest in South Sydney job
- by Michael Chammas, Adam Pengilly and Billie Eder
Updated
ICC Men’s World Cup
No room for ‘really exciting’ Fraser-McGurk in T20 World Cup squad
- by Malcolm Conn
Analysis
NRL 2024
Two meetings, five candidates, one sacked coach: How a day of chaos unfolded at Souths
- by Michael Chammas
NRL
Analysis
NRL 2024
Demetriou the latest coach to succumb to the Bennett curse
Ivan Henjak, Steve Price, Rick Stone and Anthony Seibold have all had the unenviable task of succeeding Wayne Bennett. As sacked Souths coach Jason Demetriou has discovered, it usually doesn’t end well.
- by Tom Decent
Analysis
NRL 2024
Why Gutherson’s absence will hurt Eels more than that of Moses
When captain Clint Gutherson doesn’t play, Parramatta win only one in three games. That statistic spells trouble for his team – and his coach.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Updated
Around the clubs
DCE avoids first ban of career after charge downgrade
- by Michael Chammas and Billie Eder
Updated
NRL 2024
‘We just have to fight’: Arthur stoic after losing Gutherson for five weeks
- by Christian Nicolussi
Insight & Analysis
Nine years after Luke Keary stared down Russell Crowe, others at Souths are doing the same
The departure of coach Jason Demetriou is merely a subplot in a bigger power play at the Rabbitohs.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
When team building becomes soul destroying
In elite contact sports where toughness is a revered quality, there can be little difference between galvanising a player’s potential and potentially damaging it.
Emma Kemp
Sports reporter
Ban the kick-off? I’m all for player welfare, but this is madness
Dragons centre Moses Suli was knocked out in the first tackle of the Anzac Day clash against the Roosters, but it had nothing to do with the kick-off.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Rugby Union
Updated
Australian rugby
‘We’ve got to reset the game’: RA says next five years key to code’s survival
- by Jonathan Drennan
Tight Five
Super Rugby
Kiwis open to an Anzac Day Bledisloe – but based on this weekend, there’s no need
- by Paul Cully
Cricket
Updated
ICC Men’s World Cup
No room for ‘really exciting’ Fraser-McGurk in T20 World Cup squad
- by Malcolm Conn
Soccer
Round-up
Women's Super League
Brilliant Mary Fowler double keeps Man City on top in title race, but blow for Ange as Spurs lose to Arsenal
The title battles in both the English Premier League and Women’s Super League remain neck and neck, but there were contrasting fortunes for Aussies Ange Postecoglou and Mary Fowler.
A-League player Angel Torres charged with rape, stalking and assault
The Colombian player was arrested in Terrigal over the alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman.
- by Perry Duffin and Emma Kemp
AFL
Exclusive
AFL 2024
‘Every day I wish I could take it all back’: Finlayson’s shame over homophobic slur
- by Caroline Wilson
Basketball
Rivalling the Dream Team: NBA superstars bound for ‘an Olympics like no other’
LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama and the NBA’s superstars are all lining up for Paris 2024 and Brian Goorjian knows he will need a gritty Boomers team to stare down an Olympic field like no other.
- by Roy Ward
Why the hottest basketball player in the world is a 22-year-old college student
Steph Curry and LeBron James move aside: Caitlin Clark is the most famous basketball player in the world right now, and she’s only just getting started.
- by Billie Eder
Racing
Also in Sport
‘Deep scars’: Netball’s highest-profile critic has been appointed to its board
Netball great Liz Ellis, an outspoken critic of Netball Australia for its handling of the series of off-court dramas that upended the sport, has been appointed to its board.
- by Carla Jaeger
The science behind Aussie swimmers’ quest for Paris gold
Australian swimmers will need to hit historic heights to make an impression come the Paris Olympics. These findings have confirmed it for a Brisbane hopeful.
- by Nick Wright
Opinion
LIV Golf Series
When strangers are doing shoeys at the golf, it’s time to rein it in
- by Adam Pengilly
