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30 Apr 09 | Matt Toomua finds reminders of Shawn Mackay all the time and in the strangest places.
A piece of clothing lying somewhere in the Kingston apartment they shared, a TV show Mackay loved, a photograp...
30 Apr 09 | Brumbies re-sign inside centre but the future of the club's three scrumhalves is more clouded.
30 Apr 09 | THe coach of the Central Coast Mariners, who have not won a competitive match this year, says it's time to shake up the playing group as they head towards a rapid exit from the Asian Champions Lea...
30 Apr 09 | IN A dramatic coup, the International Olympic Committee has uncovered six new cases of doping after re-testing samples given at the Beijing Olympic Games. It is understood the six competitors involved three track-and-field athletes, one of which was a gold medallist, two cyclists, one of which was Italian silver medal-winning road racer Davide Rebellin, and one weightlifter.
30 Apr 09 | A FEARSOME reputation earned winning on racetracks around the world has rivals fearing Takeover Target in Saturday's Goodwood at Morphettville, with only 11 others paying up for the group 1 sprint.
30 Apr 09 | CAN you be number one without wearing No.1? That's the hope of Ivan Necevski, the late-blooming Sydney FC goalkeeper, who after years of toiling away in the nether world of semi-pro football is on the brink of his breakthrough season.
30 Apr 09 | THE Graham Henry-Robbie Deans 2011 World Cup showdown is virtually confirmed and will be decided on their home soil.
30 Apr 09 | WHEN Waratahs winger Peter Playford saw his name on a list of players scheduled for one-on-one interviews with NSW head coach Chris Hickey earlier this week, he prepared for the worst.
30 Apr 09 | The Herald's team of experts pick the best 13 from round seven of the National Rugby League.
1. Karmichael Hunt (Broncos) (2) 2. Nathan Merritt (Rabbitohs) (2) 3. Michael Jennings (Pa...
30 Apr 09 | Do you agree with this week's ranking? Join the debate .
Last week's rankings in brackets plus their win-loss record. 1 BRISBANE (2) 6-1
They are hard to resist when Darren Lockye...
30 Apr 09 | WHEN he was 10 years old, James McManus's family decided to swap the drizzle of Scotland's highlands for the stifling heat of Katherine in the Northern Territory. "It's a bit out in th...
30 Apr 09 | KURT GIDLEY is turning to previous Blues skipper Danny Buderus in his bid to be the next NSW captain. Gidley has been in regular contact with Buderus, now with Leeds in the UK, via the internet commun...
30 Apr 09 | CRONULLA coach Ricky Stuart played an extraordinary role before last night's NRL judiciary hearing, re-enacting the suspect tackle made by Paul Gallen and claiming his repeat offender was "playing on eggshells and broken glass". And the coach's starring role worked.
30 Apr 09 | IT WAS only last September that Penrith coach Matthew Elliott pretended to hang himself with his tie at the media conference following his team's last game of the season, so shaky did his hold on the job look. Yesterday, it was announced the club had re-signed him for two more years, putting him in charge until the end of the 2011 season.
29 Apr 09 | Not for the Chiefs this cat-and-mouse game of hiding from the high stakes at play as the Super 14 reaches its denouement.
Where others are trotting out the "just another game" line with a ...
29 Apr 09 | Blues coach Pat Lam is hoping rookie flanker Tom Chamberlain can bring a bit of ruggedness and freshness to a seriously rearranged team that is charged with trying upset the table-topping Hurricanes i...
29 Apr 09 | Terry Campese's management confirmed yesterday the Canberra Raiders' star playmaker was being courted by rugby union clubs, as well as opposition NRL teams. Campese has attracted international...
29 Apr 09 | Wallabies captain to play on the wing for Brumbiesd despite telling his coach he wants to play No.13.
29 Apr 09 | Wendell Sailor is set to return for St George Illawarra on Sunday, setting up a heavyweight showdown with Warriors colossus Manu Vatuvei.
The former Queensland State of Origin star has overcome a ...
29 Apr 09 | In-form St George Illawarra winger Brett Morris has played down the prospect of a reunion with brother Josh at the Bulldogs next season.
Morris yesterday revealed he had deliberately held off cont...