The Warriors hope their captain will be fit to take the field against the North Queensland Cowboys this weekend

Despite nursing an ankle sprain, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's been named to start at fullback.



The NRL has retreated from its refereeing crackdown in the face of public criticism.

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg has announced that referees have been instructed to ease up on penalties rather than nit-pick.

Greenberg and referees boss Bernard Sutton have come in for scrutiny with penalty counts ballooning.



Billy Slater is on track to answer the Queensland's State of Origin SOS.

The veteran fullback has been named to make his return from a hamstring injury in Melbourne's NRL match with Newcastle on Sunday.



After their historic one-day international cricket victory over England earlier this week, Grant Bradburn's Scotland have lost by 48 runs in their T20 against Pakistan in Edinburgh.



World Cup assistant referees have been told to keep their flag down for tight offside calls to enable the video assistant referee system to make the correct decision.

Russia 2018 will be the first World Cup to use the VAR.



Poland and Japan have dismissed non-World Cup opposition Lithuania and Paraguay respectively in the last football friendlies before the finals in Russia.



The men's Black Sticks have welcomed back their leader.

Captain Blair Tarrant has been included for the tours to Japan and India after recovering from a back injury.

Goalkeeper Dominic Dixon and striker Dylan Thomas are the new players added to the squad.



It's almost guaranteed another New Zealander will succeed Warren Gatland as Wales rugby coach.

Wayne Pivac and Dave Rennie have been linked to the role and the Guardian's reporting Crusaders coach Scott Robertson is a contender.

Wales have been almost exclusively coached by Kiwis since Sir Graham Henry took over in 1998.



Johnny Sexton is set to wear the Ireland No.10 jersey in Saturday's second test against the Wallabies in Melbourne.

The world's No.2 side will turn to Sexton to help save the series, after Australia won the first test 19-8 in Brisbane.



Accurate tackling has been a focus in the early days of the All Blacks-France test week in Wellington.

A tackle that left French wing Remy Grosso in hospital sparked debate about technique, and how to avoid head contact.