Opinion
NRL grand final
Inside Penrith’s Matrix, Nathan Cleary is in total control
The Panthers wrote the code to their own computer game, where even their errors were merely robotic variations in their own simulated reality.
- by Emma Kemp
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The quiet man: Why James Fisher-Harris became a culture rock
The New Zealand prop will leave Penrith with the primary purpose of learning more about his lineage and becoming a family leader in his Northland village of Kohukohu.
- by Emma Kemp
‘White-line fever’: Once a plumber, Papley is now the Swans’ chief pest
Toby Greene and Willie Rioli know all about the Sydney small forward, who talks a big game and backs it up. His third AFL grand final could yet be his biggest moment.
- by Emma Kemp
Longmire picks his way through 15 minutes of fame in flawless fashion
Logan McDonald should be fit to play Brisbane while Callum Mills has still to prove himself, but the Swans coach managed to say nothing consequential enough to become a distraction in his quest for a second AFL flag.
- by Emma Kemp
Opinion
Australian soccer
Socceroos players may be anxious about Popovic, and that’s a good thing
It is fascinating that Football Australia has opted to swing heavily back towards an authoritarian managerial approach more like that of Ange Postecoglou.
- by Emma Kemp
All Blacks hold on to Bledisloe as Wallabies hang on to sliver of hope
Every time the Bledisloe Cup rolls around, there are reasons to hope. New ways of spinning every sorry situation into opportunity.
- by Emma Kemp
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves is the last of the rugby league enforcers
If Saturday against Manly turns out to be the Roosters prop’s final game, historians will determine that September 21 was the date the NRL’s endangered species officially became extinct.
- by Emma Kemp
How ‘little Tarzan’ Heeney transformed himself into the AFL’s golden boy
He might look like a polished specimen now, but his penchant for “tree parachuting” and self-set time trials on the farm reveal there’s more to the star Swan.
- by Emma Kemp
‘In the past’: Swans’ 200-game man Heeney puts Port Adelaide history where it belongs
Isaac Heeney is choosing to prioritise short-term memory as Sydney bid to reverse a terrible record against Ken Hinkley’s unpredictable Power on Friday night.
- by Emma Kemp
Analysis
NRL 2024
On a day of hate and baseball bats, Sea Eagles soar
Canterbury dominated Manly for the good part of 70 minutes - until they inexplicably ill-disciplined themselves out of their own fairytale season.
- by Emma Kemp
Opinion
Nick Kyrgios
Mic drop: Why we need Nick Kyrgios off our TV screens
Charismatic and insightful and vulnerable as the Australian is, these qualities do not offset the abusive and misogynistic behaviour he has once again demonstrated.
- by Emma Kemp
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