Sport

JACKSON BARRETT: Five months out from the first Ashes Test, there are just two players with undeniable claims to their spots in the starting XI.

GEORGIE PARKER: How teams source their players is always hotly debated, but this mechanism is working just fine so the AFL should not give in to the powerful voices in Melbourne.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Facing a heartbreaking decision to quit the game early due to concussion is a decision I am glad I never had to make.

JUSTIN LANGER: I never knew this about ‘The Greatest’ until I discovered a great boxing program that is combating the effects of Parkinson’s Disease.

RICHO’S TOP 10: Benching the West Coast skipper - if he overcomes his injury - for the rest of the season makes zero sense, here’s why.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: I am proud Queenslander but this is how I think the Maroons coach should have reacted to being called a ‘grub’.

DANE ELDRIDGE: Coaching Origin is a tough gig, and early success can, in fact, be a death knell — as the Maroons mentor is finding out the hard way.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: The rugby convert may be second-guessing his career choice when the NSW Blues hit the field on Wednesday night.

GEORGIE PARKER: There is a lot to process after South Africa’s historic World Test Championship win. Here are my three takeaways.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Only a Queensland miracle in Perth will save Billy Slater from facing the same axe he wielded on his former skipper.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The top order face criticism over the World Test Championship final failure, but the selectors are the ones who should be answering the questions.

JUSTIN LANGER: Steve Smith’s path to redemption should be a great learning lesson for Australia’s most successful soccer coach after he enjoyed an historic high before being sacked.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Sacking a skipper has repercussions that go well beyond just the player who replaces them.

RICHO’S TOP 10: It's great that Jamarra is back training hard, but he still has a tough choice to make about his future.

Ian Baker-Finch won the 1991 British Open. What happened next has had the golfing world stumped for 30 years. His new biography details exactly what happened.