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Ruck and Maul
Australia rugby
Cost of failure: How Wallabies’ woes hit Cheika in back pocket
Michael Cheika has good reason to look glum: the Wallabies’ on-field woes have cost him a fortune in missed bonuses.
- by Greg Growden
Exclusive
Super Rugby
Super Rugby metro ratings fall below A-League levels in 2018
- by Georgina Robinson
NRL
Walker's journey from Casino to Indigenous captaincy
Cody Walker never envisaged leading the Indigenous All Stars as a small-town boy from the Northern Rivers.
- by Sam Phillips
Robinson picking brains of England, EPL managers ahead of WCC
Globally-recognised coaches Gareth Southgate, Brendan Rodgers and Sean Dyche have all given some time to Roosters mentor Trent Robinson.
- by Ian McCullough
Insight & Analysis
Rugby Union
Ruck and Maul
Australia rugby
Cost of failure: How Wallabies’ woes hit Cheika in back pocket
- by Greg Growden
Soccer
Foord says W-League final a welcome distraction from Stajcic sacking
Caitlin Foord has found solace in the W-League from the bitter fall-out from Stajcic's sacking.
- by Dominic Bossi
Manchester United's $35 million decision to sack Jose Mourinho
The Premier League giants have released their financial figures, including the full cost of their decision to sever ties with the Portuguese manager.
The Hairdryer
Matildas
Women's Football Council joins chorus of condemnation of FFA, Gallop
- by Dominic Bossi and Vince Rugari
Cricket
AFL
Last year was an aberration, Saints are better than that: Geary
St Kilda were better than they showed last year and they will bounce back this year to prove it an aberration, re-installed captain Jarryn Geary said.
- by Peter Ryan and Michael Gleeson
Tools down, boots on: Carlton’s VFL recruits relishing seachange
Having trained their way to AFL contracts, Michael Gibbons, 23, and Matthew Cottrell, 19, are looking forward to ditching their labour jobs to focus on Aussie rules full-time.
- by Michael Fowler
Racing
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Australia draw Belgium, Colombia in Davis Cup finals
The Australian team can be reasonably pleased with its draw for the new-look and heavily criticised Davis Cup finals in November.
Sailors reaching 100km/h 'packing themselves for Formula One on water'
An Australian Olympic gold medallist will take on a fellow London Games hero while wearing Japan's colours in a series billed to "redefine sailing".
- by Adam Pengilly