‘There are always going to be challenges’: Luckless Pucovski returns, stars push for Test call up
Batting prodigy Will Pucovski, cult hero fast bowler Scott Boland, and dasher Matt Short will look to impress on what the curator hopes is a quick MCG pitch against a NSW side featuring ‘The GOAT’ Nathan Lyon.
- by Jon Pierik
Latest
Australia’s $64m man: Basketballer signs bumper NBA deal
Australian basketballer Josh Green has reaped a major pay day as he aims to help the Dallas Mavericks claim an NBA championship.
- by Jon Pierik
Everyone told him his passion project was crazy. But billionaire Larry Kestelman had a vision
The businessman pushed his other interests to the side to save the National Basketball League.
- by Jon Pierik
Explainer
Drugs in sport
How does the AFL’s illicit drug policy work?
Under the AFL’s illicit drugs policy, Melbourne’s Joel Smith would record a first strike, receive a suspended fine and counselling. But here’s what happens under the league’s anti-doping code.
- by Peter Ryan and Jon Pierik
Lanning’s scorcher: Australian star hits out at English rival over WBBL move
Meg Lanning is not happy at the pathway the world’s No.1 ODI batter is taking to the WBBL, and the usually diplomatic Stars skipper was very clear about her disappointment and frustration on Tuesday.
- by Jon Pierik
Exclusive
NFL 2023
‘I can’t take that back’: NFL dream may be over for Siposs after Super Bowl blunder
Australian NFL punter Arryn Siposs has opened up about his brutal axing by the Philadelphia Eagles, and why a return to the AFL could be on the cards.
- by Jon Pierik
Updated
Trading and drafting
Hawk Brockman flying west to Eagles after Hawthorn’s pick one play
Hawthorn forward Tyler Brockman has joined West Coast player in a trade in which the Hawks tried to score the Eagles’ No.1 draft pick.
- by Marc McGowan and Jon Pierik
20 million streaming minutes, $65 million in trades: How the AFL supercharged trade period
The AFL’s equivalent of a “meat market”, the trade period has gone from slow and archaic to a frenzied dash for talent now worth millions of dollars to the industry.
- by Jon Pierik
Pies’ shock swoop for Docker Schultz, Duursma’s desire to become a Don
Collingwood quickly become the centre of attention on the opening day of the trade period after Dockers forward Lachie Schultz requested a trade to the Magpies. Meanwhile, a Port young gun wants to become a Bomber.
- by Michael Gleeson, Peter Ryan, Marc McGowan and Jon Pierik
Analysis
AFL grand final
‘This contest had it all’: Which games make the cut in our top 10 AFL grand finals?
It was a weekend of high grand final drama, with Collingwood’s win over Brisbane in the AFL’s showpiece event and Penrith’s remarkable comeback victory in the NRL decider. We rate the best Aussie rules grand finals since the VFL became the AFL in 1990.
- by Jon Pierik
Not your average Saturday: McRae welcomes baby Maggie, and then a Maggies flag
Craig McRae will never forget the last Saturday in September of 2023, in which he welcomed a baby daughter in the morning, forgot his shoes and then coached the Pies to a premiership.
- by Jon Pierik