James Bresnehan

The proposed $945m Macquarie Point Stadium has been brought to life as a model cast in quality Tasmanian timbers for stadium supporters and cynics to see it for themselves.

Australian pair Brandon Copeland and Richelle Hill dominated the 2025 Oceania Triathlon Championship in Devonport at the weekend in near perfect conditions for the 40th anniversary event on the state’s North-West Coast.

The Tasmania Devils have taken a huge step into the future by starting the search for a manager of its inaugural AFL football department and someone to find the players to form its first AFL team in 2028.

The crew of defending champion LawConnect chose to drive to survive in their attempt to claim back-to-back line honours titles in a brutal Rolex Sydney-Hobart race that killed two sailors, washed a man overboard, dismasted three yachts and sent others into preservation mode.

A retired builder from Mangalore is hoping his prized greyhound can pull off a bold raid on one of Victoria’s top Group 1 races in Melbourne on Saturday night.

Clarence expects to regain two star players for its top-of-the-ladder showdown against North Launceston at UTas Stadium on Saturday with Noah Holmes and Josh Green to come back for the TSL blockbuster.

The Old Scholars kick off their 2024 season this weekend with reigning premier St Virgils looking to go back-to-back and University out to exact revenge for last year’s grand final loss.

“Bloody awesome” – that’s how Tasmanian skipper Andrew Jones described his Sydney to Hobart experience aboard his yacht AdvantEdge after the local flyer finished the blue water classic early on Saturday.

Tasmanian yacht AdvantEdge got away to a ripping start to the 78th Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Boxing Day by topping the charts in IRC division two and leaving a gaggle of heavy hitters in its wake.

Tasmania’s AFL team ambassador Jack Riewoldt wants the state’s new flagship sporting organisation to become one of the biggest community sports clubs on the planet and the first building block fell into place at Queenstown’s famous gravel oval on Thursday night.

Andrew Jones and his son Josh have done many yacht races together but only when they compete in the 77th Rolex Sydney to Hobart will their bucket list be complete.

Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss Michael Bailey has urged the state government to drop its Macquarie Point political time bomb and consider the alternative stadium design announced this week.

HOBART‘S newest racing yacht Tenacity has joined a quartet of local entries in this year’s Rolex Sydney to Hobart in a fleet that will include four supermaxis to lead the charge for line honours.

Tasmanian tyro Elise Barwick will make her AFLW debut for the Gold Coast Suns against Richmond on Sunday and the Hobart speed machine has a message for other Tassie girls.

A bunch of former Tasmanian and Victorian AFL stars have descended on Hobart to pay homage to the state’s 1990 State of Origin win over the Big V with a charity “rematch” at North Hobart Oval on Saturday.

WILD Oats is a shock omission from the Sydney Hobart yacht race this year with the event’s most successful skipper Mark Richards revealing the race’s most famous yacht had been sidelined for the 77th edition of the blue water classic.

Big companies are lining up to sponsor Tasmania’s new AFL club including a “global giant” already involved in football.

WANTED: Tasmanian characters, footy stories and experiences that will help Tassie Tigers ace Jack Riewoldt in his assignment of stitching together the culture and DNA of the state’s new AFL club in his post-playing career job – called The Fabric.

Macquarie Point stadium is a key priority for the new board of Tasmania’s AFL club, with chairman Grant O’Brien saying his team would work tirelessly on a charm offensive to get politicians and the public over the line on the venue.

NORTH Hobart’s bid for back-to-back Division 1 flags headlines a triple-header day of SFLW grand finals at North Hobart Oval on Sunday while the Tigers say they are up for the fight.