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Billie Eder

Billie Eder

Billie Eder is a sports reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.

Los Angeles Rams punter Ethan Evans.

A final at Marvel? NFL match could force 15-year first for AFL

The regular season game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers will take place on Friday, September 11, 2026 – which could cause a disruption to the AFL’s semi-final plans if more than one Victorian team hosts a match that weekend.

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Cronulla prop Addin Fonua-Blake playing against the Dolphins last weekend.

‘It’s certainly tough’: The ‘double-edged sword’ doing damage in the NRL

Players are still coming to grips with the league’s new set-restart rule, with resulting momentum swings capable of making or breaking a team’s chances.

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Talia Gibson defeats Iva Jovic at the 2026 Miami Open.

Talia’s goal this year was to crack the top 100. She’s just done it in two months

Australian 21-year-old Talia Gibson has surged to a career-high world ranking of 68 after pulling off a string of major upsets during the tour’s North American swing.

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Jahrome Luai leaves the field injured.

Tigers lose Luai and Doueihi to injury as Souths escape with tight win

Wests Tigers fear they could lose Jarome Luai for a month after he and halves partner Adam Douiehi were both injured on Saturday night.

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Brian To’o scores an incredible individual try against the Roosters.

Four tries in 12 minutes: The demolition that unfolds when Penrith pull the trigger

In the words of Trent Robinson, the Panthers punched the Roosters in the face. This is how they did it.

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Cronulla playmaker Braydon ‘Tricky’ Trindall.

A milestone six years in the making for this quick-thinking, fast-talking No.6

It’s taken him a little longer to get there, but as Braydon Trindall prepares to play his 100th NRL game on Saturday, he does so as one of the most in-form playmakers.

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Reece Robson will start 2026 on the sidelines for the Roosters.

‘The key to how we want to play’: Robbo hails Robson as final piece of Roosters’ puzzle

After a speedy recovery from a fractured thumb, hooker Reece Robson will finally make his Roosters debut in Friday night’s blockbuster against the Panthers.

  • Billie Eder, Adrian Proszenko, Dan Walsh, Christian Nicolussi and Roy Ward
Sam Kerr scores for the Matildas against China.

Sam Kerr scored the winner on Tuesday. It’s one of her many memorable moments

The superstar striker’s match-winner against China was yet another decisive contribution. Here are a few of the best from her 18-year career.

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Marinko Matosevic in 2016, towards the end of his playing career as a tennis pro.

Australia’s former world No.39 banned until 2030 over doping offences

Australian Marinko Matosevic has been given a four-year ban for historical breaches of anti-doping rules. The ban includes coaching.

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The Wests Tigers season opener against the Cowboys on Saturday afternoon.
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New era dawns as Tigers win their first season opener in six years

The Wests Tigers are off to a flyer after a Jarome Luai-led demolition of the Cowboys left a pulsating Leichhardt Oval crowd in raptures.

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