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MITCHELL JOHNSON: It would certainly be appealing to have a cleaner, more positive image with sponsors, but defining what constitutes a ‘good’ sponsor is complex.

JUSTIN LANGER: He has patiently waited in the wings now this cricketer is taking the world by storm.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The cricketing powerhouse always get things their own way but the Aussies should not let that distract them as they hope to break a longstanding trophy drought.

RICHO’S TOP 1O: There are no more excuses left for this side not to lift this season, plus if your club’s forward line does look like this team’s then it’s game over before a ball has been bounced.

KIERSTEN DUKE: With the start of the NRL season just days away here are the seven footballers you have to watch this year. The stars that did not make the cut will surprise you.

CAITLIN BASSETT: The Perth WAFL club that has thrown Tarryn Thomas a lifeline are not reading the room. There is more at stake than helping this troubled former AFL player restart his footy career.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: There is nothing like the build-up to the footy season and as a young boy in Queensland it was the Cronulla Sharks, not the Brisbane Broncos I loved to get behind. Here’s why.

GEORGIE PARKER: The fans would love it but how can we bring back state rep footy? It won’t be easy but here is my blueprint on how to make it happen.

JUSTIN LANGER: Indigenous players are the lifeblood of our great game but dwindling numbers of them in our top flight competition needs to be addressed.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Sam Konstas and Jake Fraser-McGurk were heralded as the future of Aussie cricket but their swashbuckling style of play has quickly come undone so are they getting the right advice?

RICHO’S TOP 10: We are still two weeks out from the first bounce but here is who I think will win the flag this year and which player will make it happen for them. Do you agree?

KIERSTEN DUKE: The best female league players in the country will have little trouble being inspired by their new coach.

Mark ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Benji Marshall has not coached a regular NRL season game this year but is already under the pump.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Australia has been forced to turn to the next generation for their Champions Trophy tilt but that does not mean they are out for the count.

The disparity in pay that remains between men and women isn’t surprising, but it is absolutely disheartening, writes Georgie Parker.