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GEORGIE PARKER: At what point do we stop treating these as isolated incidents and ask whether there is something fundamentally wrong with the drinking culture in elite sport?

Nothing compares to taking the new ball in a Test match and feeling everything come together.

More details have emerged from the scandal as Victorian Police prepare to conduct their interviews in Sydney.

KIERSTEN DUKE: There is something wonderfully fitting about State of Origin kicking new goals across the Tasman. This is why.

The Australian attack looked old at times during Bangladesh’s first innings. From the outside, the body language appeared flat and several players looked sore, writes Mitchell Johnson.

‘Dance like no one’s watching. Better still, dance like everyone is and don’t care what they think.’

KIERSTEN DUKE: The Raiders coach had every right to be furious after Corey Horsburgh’s major blunder on Sunday. How he handled that frustration is a different matter.

DANE ELDRIDGE: The crackerjack contest at Commbank Stadium will also provide a glimpse at a budding generational rivalry that will shape the fortunes of club and state for the next decade.

Players need opportunities before being expected to carry the Australian test team and this Bangladesh series looked like a chance to begin that process, writes Mitchell Johnson.

This is a quick statement. If Nick Watson wins the Coleman Medal, it will be one of the most remarkable achievements in AFL history.

I’m all for evolving and growing cricket, but how does appointing another overseas coach grow English cricket, writes Mitchell Johnson?

In any other universe Cronulla would be a bona fide title threat, if only they weren’t Cronulla. 

Silence is golden, but even Spudd Carroll can admit Daly Cherry-Evans’ signing is great for the Roosters.

Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg’s answers are important because they give cricket supporters an insight into the thinking and direction of Cricket Australia.

The critics are coming hard and fast for Richmond coach Adem Yze.

There is a moment at every Commonwealth Games that outlives the medal. It usually lasts a few minutes, and it almost never happens on the track. It happens just after the finish line.

Benji Marshall made the biggest call of his coaching career when he told marquee playmaker Jarome Luai he was free to find another club next year.

‘He threw two or three haymakers into someone’s face. There is no place or space for that.’