Ruthless All Blacks win high-scoring Bledisloe Test
GEORGINA ROBINSON One day the pain will make sense.
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Fawkner wins Caulfield Cup
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Stosur through to Kremlin Cup semis
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Club doctors fear success is bigger priority
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Sky Blues chiefs won't forget the Roar deal
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The Fitz Files: Of burning shoes and buddy systems
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Paul Cully: Rubber is not so dead after All Blacks injuries
Caroline Wilson; Franklin deal uncovers depth of animosity
Dean Jones: Get it together Dave, and you will outshine Buddy
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League
Josh Papalii can't recall late-night robbery
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Daniel Anderson returns to Parramatta Eels
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Cricket
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Victory fight back for a draw
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Rugby
Steve Hansen demands Bledisloe Cup sweep
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Jake White: 'I gave 100 per cent'
CHRIS DUTTON Former ACT coach says he always did the right thing by the Brumbies, writes Chris Dutton.
Jones has difficulty with left limbs after stroke
Horwill sure halves will lift
Wallabies must win back respect, says Douglas
Brumbies lock Etienne Oosthuizen released from Super Rugby contract
Mils Muliaina, Robbie Fruean join Chiefs
McKenzie's men face mountain to climb on way out of trough
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Horseracing
Dance makes a business out of having fun
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Boss not so silent on Achiever's prospects
CHRIS ROOTS Glen Boss has never won a Caulfield Cup but he believes Silent Achiever will run in the top three in one of the most open cups in years on Saturday - and perhaps even break his duck.
Shinn keen to boost Gai's cup chances
Big day as young staying hopefuls push claims
Racing Results for Friday, October 18
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Motor sport
Marquez suffers second Phillip Island fall
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Lorenzo's hot lap throws down challenge
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Mosley believes he has still got the power
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I'm not going to change anything: Tomic
LINDA PEARCE Tennis: The precocious talent is adamant his time at the top will come, writes Linda Pearce.
Ennis the pride of the Perth Wildcats
Brad Elborough 6:00am Basketball: James Ennis has spectacularly led the Perth Wildcats to an 81-69 win over the Sydney Kings at the Perth Arena.
Hurley claims double gold at World Cup meet
9:01am Swimming: Australia's Robert Hurley claimed double gold on the second night of competition at the Dubai leg of the World Cup on Friday.
Geitz says Diamonds must stay sharp
Ed Jackson Netball: Australia's final Test this year might be against an unheralded opponent but captain Laura Geitz says the team has worked too hard to take Saturday's clash with Malawi on the Gold Coast lightly.
Swede leads Perth International
Brad Elborough 8:54pm Golf: With some of the big guns failing to fire, Swede Peter Hedblom holds a comfortable two-shot lead heading in to the weekend at the Perth International at Lake Karrinyup.
Of burning shoes and buddy systems
Recruiting the wrong player for your team may cost you victory every week.
Rugby Tests a big occasion until kick-off
When you realise you can do all versions of the haka, including the words, and can sing the New Zealand national anthem in Maori as well as English, you know there's too much rugby being played.
Rubber not so dead after AB injuries
At the start of his tenure, if you had offered Ewen McKenzie the chance to take on the All Blacks without several stars, the Wallabies coach would have trampled over you on the way to the coaching box.
Deal uncovers depth of animosity
IN just three short weeks since his part in Hawthorn's 11th premiership, Lance ''Buddy'' Franklin has redrawn the AFL landscape.
Get it together Dave, and you will shine
WHO would you rather be, Buddy Franklin or David Warner? Two athletes with enormous talent, both 26 and yet in different phases of their sporting careers.
Genia and Cooper must shine
ON Saturday night at Dunedin, Ewen McKenzie's Wallabies are facing a rampant All Blacks side looking hungrily for a 3-0 blackwash in Bledisloe Cup Tests this year.
SBS viewers prefer good clean fun
Many have long joked that SBS is an acronym for "Sex Before Soccer" though that fable was flipped on its head last Friday night when the TV station broadcasted the first A-League game on free to air television.
Kiwi mare will test Waller's gang of four
Negatives loom with Hawkspur in Saturday's $2.5 million Caulfield Cup but the positives are Chris Waller and Jim Cassidy, not necessarily in that order.
How can England trust a coward?
Whistle-blower who ran to the press betrayed his lack of moral courage by hiding under a cloak of anonymity.
Socceroos have lost their way
We used to stand for courage in the face of adversity. It's time to rediscover our spirit.
O'Neill: it's tough to aim high with Gen Y
Your correspondent bumped into former ARU boss John O'Neill during the week, and he opened up for the first time about the apparent scourge of Generation Y.
