The Canterbury Bulldogs are strong favourites to make it five wins in a row when kicking off the NRL Round 15 action on Friday night when they hosts the Sydney Roosters. The forthcoming State of Origin Game 2 next week means there are just four games taking place this weekend, but there is meaning...

South Sydney Rabbitohs winger Nathan Merritt has been called into the New South Wales for Game 2 of the 2013 State of Origin series as a replacement for the banned Blake Ferguson. The Blues' problematic build up to Game 2 took another twist on Monday when wing Ferguson, a star of NSW's 14-6 victor...

Mark Neeld has been sacked as coach of AFL strugglers Melbourne Demons following just one win in 2013. Neeld was given the boot on Monday after a dismal season in which the Demons' only victory from 11 games coming over winless GWS, the side keeping Melbourne off the bottom of the ladder. The Demo...

Premiership winning coach Mark Williams has been installed as the $3.50 favourite to be the next permanent senior coach of Melbourne Demons at Centrebet following Mark Neeld’s sacking.  Williams coached Port Adelaide to win the 2004 Grand Final and is currently a senior assistant coach at Rich...

The Wests Tigers have scored back-to-back wins to get back into the play-off frame, but the mini revival looks set to come to an end on Monday night when they visit the Brisbane Broncos at the Suncorp Stadium. Confronted by an injury crisis unprecedented in the history of the Wests Tigers joint ve...

The Canberra Raiders find themselves in rare territory inside the play-off places at the halfway mark of the season and can enhance their claims with a comfortable victory over the Penrith Panthers in the Canberra Stadium on Saturday.  It is the first time in David Furner’s tenure as coach th...

Parramatta Eels caught the Cronulla Sharks by surprise when they grafted their way to a 13-6 victory at Parramatta Stadium earlier this season, but expect revenge to be gained on Saturday at the Sharks Stadium. The Eels were expected to be cannon fodder for the Sharks following a 50-0 caning from ...

South Sydney Rabbitohs and Gold Coast Titans players can expect temperatures in the mid to high 20s for Sunday’s first-ever NRL clash at Cairns’ Barlow Park, and it should be a red-hot affair on the field too. Back in 2001, two North Queensland Cowboys games were played at nearby Cazalys Stadium b...

The Melbourne Storm might have gone off the boil for two or three weeks, but they can back-up the slick performance against the Cronulla Sharks last week by comfortably seeing off the Newcastle Knights at AAMI Park on Sunday. Reigning premiers the Storm had lost impetus leading into the representa...