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RICHO’S TOP 10: The rule players are using to milk free kicks, the two defenders who could win their side a flag and a rising star in the midfield ranks you have to see in action.
CAITLIN BASSETT: You know you’ve made it as a professional athlete when you receive your first abusive message from an online troll.
Female referees should be treated equally on the field but the ugly scenes at the weekend and the torrent of abuse levelled at Kasey Badger online have no place in the NRL.
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CAITLIN BASSETT: The public show of support to stop gendered violence was admirable but if the AFL wants to get serious it should follow the lead of the NRL.
The good, the bad and the teary from AFL players’ social media.
The fake fights playing out in NRL games are embarrassing. While violence should never be tolerated I think we can bring back the biff to exterminate the pests. Plus the forward who deserves his Origin debut.
Tarryn Thomas should not play AFL again and while the league has thrown its support publicly behind combating gendered violence club coaches appear to have missed the memo.
JUSTIN LANGER: What I learnt from a singing superstar and a cricket champion about fighting our inner demons and how that helps me teach my team to handle adversity.
RICHO’S TOP 10: The player having a giant season, why I draw the line at extra-time and the old dog who has learnt new tricks.
He’s never played an international T20 but if Ricky Ponting believes in him the Aussie selectors can too. Jake Fraser-McGurk has proven he can cut it in the IPL which should be enough to earn a World Cup spot.
Jeremy Finlayson says as soon as he saw the eyes of his opponent he knew he had crossed a line as the Port Adelaide forward expressed deep sorrow for his homophobic slur.
The only good news out of the Rabbitohs’ coaching saga is the chance Wayne may return, do the sharks really have enough bite and the Rooster proving he can be the club’s future.
The claims being made about a Canterbury Bulldogs training are appalling. Humiliating professional athletes has no place in modern sport. It never worked for me.
LEIGH MATTHEWS: Carlton have been unlucky and there is one reason why. Plus what the Anzac round teaches us about the AFL’s have and have-nots and the secret to Geelong’s red-hot form.
American golfer Brendan Steele has won the LIV Golf tournament in Adelaide, holding off a fast-finishing Louis Oosthuizen for a one-shot victory.