Australian punter Joe McGuire's Ohio State have held off James Rendell's Notre Dame 34-23 in the college football national championship in Atlanta.
Murray Wenzel
There’ll be no Detroit fairy tale this NFL season, but the dream is well and truly alive for Buffalo to snare their first ever Super Bowl victory. Ben O’Shea wraps up a big weekend of playoff action.
Ben O'Shea
The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs will face off in their fourth playoff match-up in five years when they meet in the AFC championship game.
Rob Maaddi
Philadelphia beat the Rams to reach the NFC championship game, while Buffalo edged out Baltimore to advance to the AFC decider.
Dan Gelston
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce helped Kansas City beat the Houston Texans and advance to the AFC championship game for the seventh straight season.
Dave Skretta
One-time AFL hopeful James Rendell will be pitted against fellow Australian punter Joe McGuire in the US college football championship decider.
Steve Larkin
In the most enticing game of the season, Josh Allen faces off against Lamar Jackson as the Bills and Ravens do battle.
A season that promised so much for Minnesota has ended in huge disappointment as the Vikings crashed 27-9 to the Los Angeles Rams to depart the playoffs.
Staff Writers
Two mates from Melbourne with AFL pedigrees, Joe McGuire and James Rendell, will be rivals in the US college football championship decider.
From a seeding perspective, the NFL Wildcard Weekend went according to plan in the AFC, with the three division winners trumping the three wildcards by an average winning margin of 16 points.
The Washington Commanders, AFC East champions Buffalo and NFC East champions Philadelphia have advanced to the divisional round after wildcard playoff wins.
Houston have beaten the LA Chargers and Baltimore have eliminated Pittsburgh in two one-side AFC wild-card games.
Following a series of underwhelming results, NFL team the Las Vegas Raiders have fired Antonio Pierce after just one season as their full-time coach.
Mark Anderson
New England's Jerod Mayo and Jacksonville's Doug Pederson are two NFL coaches out of a job, while New York Giants coach Brian Daboll is likely to return.
David Brandt
To the surprise of exactly zero people, the final week of the NFL regular season delivered the same drama we’ve had for the previous 17 weeks.
The Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers have booked their places in the NFL playoffs after clinching victories in Week 18.
The lowly-ranked New England Patriots' season-ending win over AFC East champions Buffalo came at a significant cost.
Kyle Hightower
Jahmyr Gibbs score a club record equalling four touchdowns as Detroit beat Minnesota 31-9 to take the No.1 seed and home ground advantage till the Super Bowl.
Baltimore have sealed the AFC North title with an emphatic 25-point defeat of Cleveland, with Lamar Jackson throwing two touchdown passes.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has edged out Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs as the fans' top pick for the Pro Bowl Games despite a career-worst season.
The NFC's No. 1 seed will come down to the final game of the regular season when Detroit host Minnesota.
Philadelphia have thrashed traditional NFL rivals Dallas to win another divisional title, while Buffalo also improved to a 13-3 record by downing the Jets.
There were wins for the Bengals, and both Los Angeles teams in the NFL with the wildcard round just a fortnight away.
Quarterback Justin Herbert has led the Los Angeles Chargers into the AFC playoffs in a 40-7 victory over the New England Patriots.
