Melbourne are in shock with star AFL midfielder Clayton Oliver’s bid to play Collingwood in the King’s Birthday blockbuster suffering a surprise setback. 7NEWS football reporter Mitch Cleary has exclusively revealed that the Brownlow Medal fancy has been admitted to hospital. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Clayton Oliver in hospital with nasty infection. Analysis, local footy … [Read more…]
Comeback jockey Shaun O’Donnell has picked up the prize mount on impressive last-start winner Startrade for trainer Dan Morton in Saturday’s $200,000 weight-for-age Strickland Stakes (2000m) at Belmont Park. O’ Donnell. sidelined for five months after fracturing a leg in trackwork last December, landed his first city winner since resuming a fortnight ago when he … [Read more…]
GWS veteran Callan Ward’s stellar performance against Richmond is set to force a change to the composition of the Giants’ midfield in the second half of the season. Ward had 32 disposals, seven tackles and seven inside 50s as he attended his most centre bounces for the season in the Giants’ heartbreaking loss to Richmond. … [Read more…]
Brisbane winger Corey Oates is driven by pain to finish his interrupted NRL season on a high. That’s pain of the physical and mental variety. The 28-year-old returned to the Broncos side in Saturday night’s 20-12 win over Cronulla after missing 10 of the previous 11 weeks with a broken jaw and posterior cruciate ligament … [Read more…]
West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui has been ruled out for the rest of the season after scans revealed he needs surgery on his injured Achilles. But Eagles coach Adam Simpson is adamant the 33-year-old, three-time All-Australian could make a “full recovery” and hasn’t played his last game in the AFL Simpson confirmed on Wednesday the … [Read more…]
GWS veteran Callan Ward’s stellar performance against Richmond is set to force a change to the composition of the Giants’ midfield in the second half of the season. Ward had 32 disposals, seven tackles and seven inside 50s as he attended his most centre bounces for the season in the Giants’ heartbreaking loss to Richmond. … [Read more…]
Video footage has captured the moment shots were allegedly fired into a car with a baby inside during a suspected criminal deal. Police have appealed for public help after CCTV showed a person firing shots at a car in southwest Sydney last year. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Footage captures gunman shooting at car with baby … [Read more…]
South Sydney edge forward Jacob Host says teammate Cody Walker is “the best five-eighth in the competition” and was stunned the Blues didn’t pick him for the State of Origin opener. Walker leads the NRL with 19 try assists so far this season and is on track to go way past his tally of 23 … [Read more…]
St Kilda coach Ross Lyon says his side is “agitated” by its form slump as the club faces up to six more weeks without Jack Billings due to a fresh injury setback. Billings hurt his hamstring in the dying moments of Sandringham’s VFL win over Coburg on May 27, with scans after the Saints’ bye … [Read more…]
Sydney is poised to welcome back co-captain Dane Rampe on Thursday night as young Bulldogs tall Sam Darcy requires surgery for a broken jaw. Rampe has been sidelined since round 4 with a serious neck injury, but is set to return to bolster the Swans’ backline against St Kilda after a difficult period for his … [Read more…]