All Blacks prop Tamaiti Williams has dismissed any suggestions of player power being behind the early exit of New Zealand head coach Scott Robertson

Williams isn't keen to get into the nitty gritty of the player feedback in the end-of-season review ... but insists it wasn't a player-led revolt, and any talk of that is just "rumours".



Top women's seed Aryna Sabalenka's been tested in her third-round match at the Australian tennis Open.

The Belarusian needed two tiebreaks before advancing against Austria's Anastasia Potapova .



A first career victory on the notorious Bluff Hill stage for defending Tour of Southland cycling champion Josh Burnett has seen him extend his overall lead over second-placed Matthew Wilson to 19 seconds.