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Alastair Clarkson and Ken Hinkley.
Sport
Justin Langer

Port fans need to wake up to themselves

Most clubs would kill to have the record the Power did this season, but once a successful team falters the knives are out. Try being a professional sports coach for a day if you are so eager to call for blood.

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The NRL and AFL best will be at their best this September.
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Mitchell Johnson

What footy finalists simply can’t afford to do

MITCHELL JOHNSON: I have played in some high-intensity matches and learnt some valuable lessons about how to win when it counts most.

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Four contrasting styles of play will be on display in the AFL semifinals.
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Matthew Richardson

What semifinals teams must do to keep AFL flag hopes alive

RICHO’S TOP 10: Contrasting styles will clash in the sudden death finals this weekend, but here are my key insights into what it will take to book a preliminary final berth.

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The North Queensland Cowboys can win the NRL premiership.
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Kiersten Duke

The NRL finals dark horse that can win it all

KIERSTEN DUKE: It’s widely tipped to be a Penrith-Melbourne grand final but this team has shown they can match it with the big boys.

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The AFLW needs more support from head office to get out of the shadow of the AFL.
Sport
Caitlin Bassett

The biggest issue holding back the AFLW

CAITLIN BASSETT: It’s a make or break season for the league with one area in dire need of fixing if it is to succeed.

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Raygun has returned home to Australia.
Sport
Paul Kadak

Raygun reveals surprising next move upon return to Australia

The Olympian isn’t letting fame go to her head.

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Maddie Collier after she was bumped by Tarni White and Dan Houston's hit on Izak Rankine.
Sport
Georgie Parker

Why the AFL tribunal is a man’s world — and it must change

GEORGIE PARKER: The AFL needs to fix his area of the game and fix it fast.

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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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Cricket
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?
Sport
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.
Sport
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.
Sport
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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