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Badge of honour: Souths to wear Sattler’s 1970 strip with torn logo
South Sydney will honour John Sattler by wearing a special jersey with the half rabbit emblem to replicate the strip made famous in the 1970 grand final.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Analysis
NRL 2023
Why the Dragons have made the right call making Griffin reapply for his job
- by Michael Chammas
‘Never one to brag’: Cleary’s 400th game catches Panthers by surprise
- by Christian Nicolussi
NRL
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NRL 2023
Griffin to reapply for job as Dragons set to begin interviewing for 2024 coach
The St George Illawarra coach has been made aware the club will soon begin looking at alternative options for 2024, but Griffin has agreed to continue fighting to earn another contract.
- by Michael Chammas
‘Never one to brag’: Cleary’s 400th game catches Panthers by surprise
Ivan Cleary’s second coming at Penrith has been brilliant as he gets set to celebrate 400 games as a coach - a milestone he and the players knew nothing about.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Insight & Analysis
‘When the police came, I had no idea I hadn’t paid for my fuel – and no memory of being there’
I’ve suffered between 40 and 50 concussions in my semi-professional rugby league career. Players from grassroots to elite level need saving from themselves – that’s why the NRL’s protocols are needed.
David Sellers
Oberon rugby league player
A broken hand beneath a car and a gentleman to boot: The game remembers John Sattler
One of the foundation club’s favourite sons, who famously led the Rabbitohs to victory over Manly in the 1970 grand final with a badly broken jaw, has died.
Tetchy Tim Sheens is not the problem in Tiger Town
The revolution at the Wests Tigers will take time. Can those who run the club hold their nerve and shut their mouths?
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Rugby Union
‘I need to pull my finger out’: Perese’s blunt assessment of Waratahs season
- by Tom Decent and Iain Payten
Opinion
Australian rugby
Missing in action: Why are our two biggest Super clubs struggling?
- by Georgina Robinson
Cricket
Analysis
Australian cricket
The burning questions ahead of Australia’s tour of England
- by Daniel Brettig
Soccer
‘We have to let him grow’: Socceroos urge patience with 17-year-old ‘freak’
As Socceroos players have discovered for themselves this week, during their first in-person brush with the A-League’s hottest young talent, Nestory Irankunda is not normal.
- by Vince Rugari
Postecoglou’s pep talk for Socceroos whiz-kid Kuol
Garang Kuol’s meteoric rise has seemingly flatlined in the Scottish Premiership, but the 18-year-old is determined to make the most of his European challenge.
- by Vince Rugari
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A-League Men
Wanderers lay siege to shocking Sky Blues in 4-0 derby demolition
- by Vince Rugari
AFL
Basketball
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LGBTQ
Basketball Australia convenes panel to determine transgender player’s application
The sport’s national governing body has confirmed a three-person panel will assess a transgender player’s application to suit up in the NBL1 competition this season.
- by Carla Jaeger and Jon Pierik
Twice as nice: Cooks, Walton jnr guide Sydney Kings to another NBL title
Bench guard Angus Glover also played a major role in the 77-69 win over the New Zealand Breakers in the series-deciding match in Sydney.
- by Jasper Bruce
Racing
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Melbourne Cup
Champion trainer scanning his own horses to avoid Melbourne Cup scratchings
- by Damien Ractliffe
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Navratilova says she is cancer-free, returns to her TV work
The 66-year-old Navratilova said her sense of taste disappeared during the treatment for cancer and she lost 15 pounds.
‘Toiler, narcissist’: Fighting words, but SBW-Gallen bout won’t happen
Sonny Bill Williams has some choice words for Paul Gallen, but only one of them is prepared to climb back into the ring.
- by Adrian Proszenko
