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AFL We have a situation where the best teams won’t play finals because the conference system is a shambles.

Rugby League The NRL must ditch the anthem at the Indigenous All Stars game. It would be better than looking at 17 expressionless faces.

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Rugby League Today’s column is a scandal-free zone. No sexual assault allegations, no salary cap rorts. We’ve had enough.

Rugby League Two weeks ago Todd Greenberg was praised for “drawing a line in the sand” by banning Ben Barba. But good will is gone with the NRL’s handling of Jack de Belin.

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Rugby League The NRL faces a mountain to rebuild the code’s damaged brand for supporters and sponsors.

Cricket Shane Warne believes his Australia XI to contest this year’s ODI World Cup can win the tournament.

Rugby League The shocking misbehaviour of players and salary cap rorting are not the only issues of integrity at the NRL.

Cricket It’s the most important position in any batting order and one Australia has struggled to fill since Ricky Ponting’s retirement.

Cricket After a summer of ups and downs, Australian Test great IAN CHAPPELL runs his eye over the Ashes contenders

Rugby League There’s one word to describe the fallout between the Broncos and Kevin Walters – sad.

Cricket Who would you rather be … the team with no allrounder or the one with six of them? This is the fascinating match-up that awaits us in this year’s Ashes.

Cricket With the wow-factor missing, the Big Bash needs a Super Bowl-style finish to revive interest in a league built on wow-factor to get more people to watch live and on...

Rugby League Dean Ritchie loves rugby league but he’s sick of completion rates, five tackles and a kick, defensive structures, ruck control and coach talk. It’s time for a...

Tennis and Racquet Sports The defending champion failed to make week two and rookies stormed into the final eight. Sam Groth rates their performances.

Cricket For more than a century Australian cricket has had a theory that if you are the drummer in the band you should not be lead singer as well.

Cricket ROBERT CRADDOCK takes a look at the 10 things learnt from three days at the Gabba.

AFL Ruckmen are back to being exactly that and the new rules will mean some big men should dominate this year and others could struggle.

Tennis and Racquet Sports It’s been a fortnight of huge upsets, classic comebacks and jaw-dropping chokes. So when it came to the top women’s seeds, who stood tall and who failed miserably?

Cricket Warne can’t quite believe the Aussies left the young gun out.

Cricket Will Pucovski is a young man with a wise head. Jhye Richardson is simply amazing for his size.