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Russell Gould is a senior sportswriter with nearly 20 years’ experience across a wide variety of sports including AFL, cricket, golf, rugby league, rugby and horse racing. Starting as a sports reporter at MX, then the Herald Sun, he has written news and in-depth features as well as covering major events in both Melbourne and around the world, from the 2003 rugby World Cup, though to the 2019 Ashes in England, two US Masters at Augusta and every Boxing Day Test since 2010. Having also spent four years as the Herald Sun sports chief of staff, he is now the founding sports editor of NCA NewsWire.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 29: Will Skelton of the Wallabies runs with the ball during the The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between the Australia Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks at Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 29, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images)

Wallabies World Cup captaincy shock, veterans axed

Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has pulled a World Cup shock with a new captain named and two veterans axed.

(L-R)old medallist Australia's Kyle Chalmers poses during the medals ceremony for the men's 100m freestyle swimming event during the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on July 27, 2023. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)

Swim star’s backflips on retirement call

In a post to social media, the swim champ said Paris would be his last Olympics but he’s still hungry for pool glory.

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 06: Adam Scott of Australia looks on from the ninth green during the final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 06, 2023 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Logan Whitton/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Logan Whitton / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Good thing’: Scott reacts to end of 15-year streak

Just two Australians have made it to the lucrative PGA Tour playoffs after a last-ditch bid from one fell agonisingly short.

DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 04: Samu Kerevi warms up during the Australia Wallabies Captain's Run at Logan Park on August 04, 2023 in Dunedin, New Zealand. (Photo by Joe Allison/Getty Images)

All Blacks’ bold move toys with Wallabies

The All Blacks are almost teasing the Wallabies with the team they’ve picked for Saturdays’s Bledisloe rematch and remain odds-on favourites.

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 03: Adam Scott of Australia plays his shot from the 13th tee during the first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 03, 2023 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Scott fires to keep 15-year streak alive

Adam Scott has never missed the lucrative FedEx Cup playoffs but is in a fight to qualify this year.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 21: Craig Bellamy the coach of the Storm looks on during a Melbourne Storm NRL training session at Gosch's Paddock on March 21, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

‘Love to have him’: Bellamy confirms Haas interest

Two Storm stars are in doubt for Saturday’s Penrith clash as the coach confirmed he’d love to have Payne Haas at his club.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 29: Tate McDermott of the Wallabies walks up the players tunnel before the The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between the Australia Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks at Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 29, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

‘Load of rubbish’: Wallabies coach defends regeneration

Rather than inject experienced players for the return Bledisloe Cup clash in New Zealand, Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has gone the other way.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 29: Carter Gordon of the Wallabies passes the ball during the The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between the Australia Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks at Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 29, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images)

‘Real urgency’: 39 days to get World Cup ready

The Wallabies are winless under Eddie Jones and starting to feel the World Cup pinch ahead of a return clash with the All Blacks.

Australia's coach Eddie Jones (L) chats to player Carter Gordon (R) before the Rugby Championship 2023 and Bledisloe Cup Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the MCG in Melbourne on July 29, 2023. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / --IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE--

‘What’s he talking about?’: Jones still defiant

A smashing by the All Blacks wasn’t the worst news for the Wallabies’ World Cup campaign and Eddie Jones is asking for fans to pray.

Australia's coach Eddie Jones watches players train before the Rugby Championship 2023 and Bledisloe Cup Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the MCG in Melbourne on July 29, 2023. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / --IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE--

‘Train on the plane’: World Cup worries mount for Wallabies

A smashing by the All Blacks wasn’t the worst news for the Wallabies World Cup campaign with injuries piling up.

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