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Penrith should not play Nathan Cleary this week and Spudd’s top five players to watch in the opening finals round.
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Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll

The big call Penrith must make on superstar Cleary

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: There is only one way the Panthers should use the game’s biggest star as they chase a fourth title on the trot. Plus the five players you have to watch in the NRL finals first week.

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Josh Inglis is showing he could take Alex Carey's spot in the test team.
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Mitchell Johnson

Battle of the Aussie wicketkeepers ahead of Indian summer

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Josh Inglis is proving why he is the best white-ball keeper-batsman in the country but is he also the man to keep wicket for the test team?

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Ryan Daniels is urging Fremanelte to sign Chad Warner.
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Ryan Daniels

It’s time for Freo to lure Warner from the Swans right now

RYAN DANIELS: We’ve always been told patience is a virtue, but this is not the time for Fremantle to sit back. They need to throw everything they have to bring Chad Warner west this off-season.

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Is this the beginning of a new golden age for A-League marquees?
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Jamie Dunkin

The A-Leagues spark back to life with marquee mania

For the first time in years, the A-League can boast star power with Juan Mata and Douglas Costa, and boy does the league need it.

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Travis Head has stepped up to take over the swashbuckling role that David Warner played for Australia.
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Justin Langer

Why Aussies aren’t missing Warner ahead of India series

Fears the exit of one of our greatest openers would leave a massive hole at the top of the order have been laid to rest as Australia gears up for a tough home series against another cricketing heavyweight.

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Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn and Paralympian Ahmed Kelly.
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Sport
Mitchell Johnson

Paralympians deserve more headlines than Raygun

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Our latest batch of Aussie champions deserve more headlines than an Olympian who taxpayers sent to Paris so she could ‘have a go’.

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The match of the round will be the Bulldogs-Hawthorn clash according to Matthew Richardson.
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Matthew Richardson

The AFL final you simply CAN’T afford to miss

RICHO’S TOP 10: There are some mouth-watering fixtures in the opening round, but this is the game you have to turn your phone off for and lock the door to make sure you don’t miss a moment.

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The Dragons sacked Jamie Soward this week.
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Kiersten Duke

Soward axing lays bare the brutal reality of the NRLW

The Dragons have shown that being a club great does not make you a protected species as Jamie Soward found out the hard way this week.

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Lachie Neale, Patrick Cripps, Nick Daicos and Marcus Bontempelli are vying for the Brownlow medal.
AFL
Ben McClellan

Leigh Matthews’ big call on who should win Brownlow and why

The Aussie rules legend has revealed who he thinks should win the most coveted award in the AFL as well as who can claim the flag this September.

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James Turner set a new world record on his way to winning the men's T36 400m in Paris. (AP PHOTO)
Paralympics
George Clarke

James Turner conquers glandular fever to get 400m gold

James Turner has claimed his third straight Paralympic athletics gold, posting a world record in his T36 400m victory in Paris.

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Fewer AFLW players will play two sports in coming years.
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Caitlin Bassett

The end of an era in the AFLW looms

A major change in the way women’s Aussie rules is played is coming with players forced to make a tough choice about their careers.

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The team that finishes first should be better rewarded during the finals, Leigh Matthews says.
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Leigh Matthews

The radical plan that could change the AFL finals forever

LEIGH MATTHEWS: The AFL finals system needs a radical shake-up. Here’s what the footy bosses need to do to take September to the next level.

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Too many big name stars are out injured.
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Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll

The simple fix to stop the NRL bloodbath

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Too many star players are sitting on the sidelines with three more Roosters joining the casualty ward as Sydney’s premiership hopes went up in smoke.

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Paralympian Madison De Rozario.
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Georgie Parker

The gold medal advice that no one should ignore

GEORGIE PARKER: I am proud to call Madison De Rozario a friend because she shows us all how to make the most of life.

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Ashton Agar celebrates with Glenn Maxwell during the T20 World Cup and Ryan Harris after the famous 2014 Test win.
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Mitchell Johnson

Why T20 will never top Test cricket

MITCHELL JOHNSON: A decade ago I watched first-hand one of the great Australian bowling efforts and it wasn’t in a T20.

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