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Andrew Webster is one of the nation’s finest and most unflinching sports writers. A 30-year veteran journalist and author of nine books, his most recent with four-time NRL premiership-winning coach Ivan Cleary, Webster has a wide brief across football codes and the Olympic disciplines, from playing field to boardroom.

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The Brisbane Lions are chasing consecutive AFL premierships, but the greater contest is its battle to take Queensland from the Brisbane Broncos.

AFL v NRL: codes in battle for supremacy in fast-growing football market

The centre of the AFL universe will always be the MCG on the last Saturday in September, but the game is exploding in Brisbane’s western suburbs and further afield in the southeast corner of Queensland – what does it mean for the NRL?

Andrew Webster, John Stensholt and Jessica Halloran

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 13: Joe Schmidt, head coach of the Wallabies looks on during warm up prior to The Rugby Championship match between Australia Wallabies and Argentina Pumas at Allianz Stadium on September 13, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Is Schmidt in frame for bigger job than Wallabies?

From colleagues to antagonists, the Bledisloe Cup match at Eden Park is personal for the coaches.

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TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 18: Gout Gout of Team Australia reacts after failing to qualify for the Final during the Men's 200 Metres Semi-Finals on day six of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 18, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Gout Gout wins plenty of friends and admirers

The teenage Australian sprint star fell short of his goal of making his first World Championships final, but the ‘fastest kid on Earth’ has quickly become a household name around the world.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 14: Reece Walsh of the Broncos celebrate victory following the NRL Qualifying Final match between Canberra Raiders and Brisbane Broncos at GIO Stadium on September 14, 2025 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)

Does the NRL have a different set of rules for glamour boys?

Rugby league isn’t supposed to reward grubby behaviour like this. But there was no chance the NRL would suspend the game’s most marketable player, Reece Walsh. Who needs credibility when you get the clicks?

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 01 2024 ; CEO of ATC Matt Galanos gives a speech during the Barrier Draw at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Where’s Matt: The greatest mystery in Sydney racing

The absence of ATC chief executive Matt Galanos at the office and track has been the talk of the industry for weeks, not least among directors trying to speak to him.

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Secret weapon: How Gout Gout gets faster

Secret weapon: How Gout Gout gets faster

Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout has an in-built advantage that rivals simply can’t train for. We’ve broken it down.

Sean Callinan, Andrew Webster and Jess Clement

CommentaryNRL

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 21: West Australian Premier Roger Cook and Inaugural Perth Bears coach Mal Meninga pose at the half time break during the round 16 NRL match between the Dolphins and Newcastle Knights at HBF Park, on June 21, 2025, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Meninga said to be far from content in wobbly west

The appointment of a legendary rugby league player was meant to lend gravitas to the NRL’s expansion team, but it is fast turning into a dumpster fire.

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The NRL cannot duck and hide from Bears scandal

How can the game’s governing body bury its head in the sand when an ex-club official is alleged to have engaged in double dealing with a franchise it owns?

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Ezra Howe and Perth Bears

NRL integrity scandal: club sabotage allegations

Gold Coast Titans have demanded an investigation into explosive claims that former recruitment manager Ezra Howe worked to sabotage the club by courting a host of its biggest names to join the Perth Bears.

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NRL 2025 RD23 Gold Coast Titans v South Sydney Rabbitohs - Brandon Smith. Picture: NRL Photos

Does Smith saga really surprise anyone? Don’t bet on it

Brandon Smith’s issues have been an open secret in NRL circles for years before Queensland Police laid charges against the troubled star.

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