Jack Clayton was left stranded on 99, with Queensland five wickets down halfway through their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria.

To say the large cohort of country-based owners are gutted is an understatement. One minute they are booking their tickets to Flemington, the next they are packing away their suits.

Fremantle have unleashed Wharfie Time for the first time since losing the AFL grand final - but the result once again failed to go the Dockers’ way.

Samoa fans make their presence known ahead of the country's clash with Tonga.

Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou hope to parlay Saturday’s Golden Eagle win into a Big Dance victory with Matias on Tuesday.

Hours after Australia's disastrous Test loss in South Africa, several top-order hopefuls also fell cheaply in Hobart as Tasmania thrashed NSW by an innings.

Australia have cruised through to the semi-finals of the Women's Rugby League World Cup with the most dominant performance in the history of the sport.

After a nasty injury to Caitlin Reid and Fremantle sounding Wharfie Time, finals-bound Sydney have won by a point on the back of Chloe Molloy's big game.

Dakota Mathias starred as the undermanned Tasmania showed their grit again by rebounding from a tough loss to Sydney with a win over South East Melbourne.

Harry Coffey is in a race against time to ride one of the Melbourne Cup fancies after a race fall at Flemington on Saturday.