Even with a 747 at his disposal, Marco Polo would probably have thought twice about rushing to map out Rory Best’s last rugby journey, from Armagh to Yokohama.

Down youngster Martin Clarke let his boots do the talking as he kicked three goals and a behind in Collingwood's 95-87 loss to Hawthorn in the AFL Premiership earlier today.

Fears that Tadhg Kennelly would miss the start of the Sydney Swans' AFL Premiership campaign have been quashed.

Lions head coach Sir Clive Woodward today issued a stinging rebuke to the Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel which handed Neil Back a four-week suspension for punching Joe Worsley in the Premiership Grand Final.

When 19th century English settlers first arrived in Taranaki they found the region almost entirely deserted after the Maori had been forced south by tribal invasion threats from neighbouring Waikato.