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KIERSTEN DUKE: The NRL star should take note of how the AFL star got it so wrong after his grand final defeat.

LISA STHALEKAR: They start every tournament as the favourites, but nothing is guaranteed with the world’s best female cricketers facing an uphill battle this time around.

RICHO’S TOP 10: It’s a decision that will haunt Geelong coach Chris Scott this summer.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Madge continues to prove his doubters wrong, with Brisbane on the verge of breaking a two-decade NRL title drought.

GEORGIE PARKER: The Ashcroft brothers’ stunning success is exactly why the AFL should never abandon this hallowed tradition.

JUSTIN LANGER: Life seems pretty easy for our superstars but how they got here is very far from it.

Lachie Neale is already a Hall of Famer in waiting, but if he leads the Lions to another flag after recovering from a calf injury that was supposed to end his season, his story will be talked about forever.

RICHO’S TOP 10: There’s been plenty of talk about the Suns star pipping Nick Daicos for the most prestigious award in the AFL, but I can tell you why the umpires gave him more votes.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: What you do on the field matters as I know all too well.

KIERSTEN DUKE: Female athletes are proving themselves a lucrative investment, it’s time Aussie brands woke up to that fact.

SOPHIE GANNON: What he does off the field draws more attention than what he does on it — but the AFL’s biggest star is on the verge of joining an elite club.

GEORGIE PARKER: At the midway point of the AFLW season here are five things that have caught my eye and why I am so passionate about State of Origin not just being for the blokes.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Cronulla have gone much further in the finals than anyone expected, but they are letting themselves down with this silly trait.

For me, success is what Gout Gout did in Japan. To test yourself against the best in the world at 17 and walk away with lessons, confidence and the respect of your competitors — that’s success. 

KIERSTEN DUKE: Toby Sexton was discarded mid-season in favour of a bright new NRL toy — now he holds the fate of the club that ditched him in his hands.