Reece Walsh has conjured up a Clive Churchill medal for player-of-the-match in the NRL league grand final to break Brisbane's 19-year premiership drought with a 26-22 win over Melbourne

George Russell has secured Formula One's Singapore Grand Prix on a day where McLaren have been crowned constructors' champions for the season - Liam Lawson was 15th for Racing Bulls.



The Silver Ferns coaching saga remains bogged in mediation between Netball New Zealand and Dame Noeline Taurua, with no resolution in sight.



Golfer Robert MacIntyre, resplendent in a beanie and neck gaiter to ward off the autumn chill, has won his home Dunhill Links championship by four strokes after finishing at 18-under par.



India have beaten Pakistan by 88 runs in their women's 50-over World Cup cricket match at Colombo - the match was interrupted by a plague of insects which required a mass fumigation.



All Blacks coach Scott Robertson is now preparing for a grand slam tour after his side finished second to the Springboks in The Rugby Championship - the first match is against Ireland in Chicago on November 2.



The NPC quarter-finals have been decided with Otago hosting Waikato on Friday, Bay of Plenty meeting Tasman and Hawke's Bay facing Taranaki on Saturday, and Canterbury up against Counties-Manukau on Sunday.



In Premier League football... Newcastle have beaten Nottingham Forest 2-nil, Manchester City have defeated Brentford 1-nil, Everton and Aston Villa had 2-1 victories over Crystal Palace and Burnley respectively, and Wolverhampton and Brighton drew 1-all.



New Zealand have finished second behind Britain at the Spanish Sail GP regatta - they also remain second overall.