The Roosters have won the 2026 premiership after defeating the Knights 19-18 at Accor Stadium. Newcastle tried, but despite a late try for winger Greg Marzhew, they couldn’t quite get there. It means veteran halfback Daly Cherry-Evans has begun and ended his NRL career with premierships. He did it in his first season with the
Ryan Campbell is to become the director of cricket and high performance coaching at Durham, therefore vacating his role as head coach. Campbell will step into the role that fellow Australian Marcus North had before he became England’s new national selector earlier this summer. The 54-year-old has been in charge of the men’s team for
Cricket Ireland has named former international Ed Joyce as its new high performance batting coach, with a focus on the the men’s senior squad and male talent pathway. Joyce played 151 times for Ireland, scoring 5,552 runs at an average of 40.82 with 10 centuries and 29 half-centuries. In 2019, one year after his playing
Security checks on the stadium’s perimeter went relatively smoothly with Tennessee officials opening the stadium 30 minutes earlier than normal. Fans got half-price off concessions as a reward for showing up early, and Tennessee faithful had the stands half full 90 minutes before kickoff and nearly packed an hour before. Those in their seats were
Fleming’s first series in charge is against South Africa in December. After two Tests in Bangladesh and a one-off anniversary Test in Melbourne in the winter, attention will then turn to next summer’s Ashes. Fleming rejected the idea English cricket is too obsessed by beating Australia. “No, because I have an obsession with it as
New Test coach Stephen Fleming said he shared English cricket’s “obsession” with the Ashes and arrives with the goal to “beat the Aussies”. Fleming was speaking to the media for the first time since being appointed in July and ahead of taking charge for the tour of South Africa in December. Like his predecessor Brendon
