SIMON KATICH entered the office of Cricket NSW chief executive David Gilbert on a November morning in 2007, and told his boss that Phillip Hughes was not ready for first-class cricket because he could not handle the short ball.

FOR a team stuck in a five-game losing rut, the Wollongong Hawks have a surprising spring in their step heading into tomorrow night's road duel with Townsville.

The internet can do many things but should we really take advice on our next hairstyle from anonymous people in cyber space?

Raiders 38 Souths 10 SOUTH Sydney thought they had emerged from their rut two rounds back, when they beat North Queensland to record their first win of the season before having the bye last weekend.

IT'S the dead chestnut lying in the path of any team having trouble finding its way to victory. All week we've been told - by players, administrators and coach - that Sydney FC can turn the corner. But with virtually the same playing roster as last week, what can the..read more