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Jessica Halloran is a Walkley award-winning sports writer. She has been covering sport for two decades and has reported from Olympic Games, world swimming and athletics championships, the rugby World Cup as well as the AFL and NRL finals series. In 2017 she wrote Jelena Dokic’s biography Unbreakable which went on to become a bestseller.

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Should Jeremy Cameron have been forced to come from the ground for a HIA?

AFL players hiding concussions

AFL players are hiding concussions because of a fear of missing games, with some even believing disclosing their head-knock symptoms could ultimately jeopardise their contracts, new survey reveals.

Jessica Halloran

‘THIS CAN’T HAPPEN AGAIN’Nation

Paul Titmuss (left), and Lafo Titmuss, parents of Keith Titmuss, depart the Coroner's Court of New South Wales in Sydney, Friday, May 3, 2024. Manly Sea Eagles player Keith Titmuss, 20, collapsed during a rugby league training drill on 23 November 2020. He was transported to Royal North Shore Hospital where he later died after suffering from a cardiac arrest. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Coroner cites ‘inappropriate’ training session in NRL player’s death

The NSW Deputy State Coroner was highly critical of Manly for attempting to blame Keith Titmuss’s existing health problems.

Jessica Halloran and Greg Bearup

ExclusiveNRL

1/5/24: Lafo and Paul Titmuss, the parents of Keith Titmuss who died at Manly training. The coronerÃ¢â¬â¢s report into KeithÃ¢â¬â¢s death is handed down on Friday. John Feder/The Australian.

‘I held his hand’: Titmuss’ last moments with family

Ahead of a coronial finding into the death of their footballer son Keith during a training session, Lafo and Paul Titmuss recount his final moments and hope for answers that will spare others their pain.

Greg Bearup and Jessica Halloran

NRLNRL

NRL 2023 RD26 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles - Cameron Ciraldo. PIcture: NRL Photos

Ciraldo holds the line on Dogs standards

Debate has raged in the NRL fraternity over whether or not Jackson Topine was tough enough for the NRL – but most seem to be ignoring the argument at the centre of the $4m lawsuit – was a line crossed?

Jessica Halloran and Greg Bearup

ExclusiveNRL

Jackson Topine, left, and Bulldogs GM of Football Phil Gould.

Bulldog’s dismissal ‘unlawful, improper’

Jackson Topine’s sacking was ‘contrary to law’, his lawyers claim, as it’s revealed how Phil Gould orchestrated the young gun’s final days at the club.

Greg Bearup and Jessica Halloran

EXCLUSIVENation

NRL 2023 RD18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Newcastle Knights - Jackson Topine. PIcture: NRL Photos

Bulldogs board to meet as Topine claims ‘rattle’ club

The board of the Canterbury Bulldogs to discuss the fallout from The Australian’s devastating allegations of ‘humiliating’ treatment of former player Jackson Topine.

Jessica Halloran and Greg Bearup

special investigationNRL

Jackson Topine in action for the Bulldogs in July last year. Picture: Getty Images

‘Deprivation of liberty’: Bulldog puts club on trial

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have been accused of the ‘unlawful corporal punishment’ of one of the NRL club’s most prodigious talents in a landmark $4m lawsuit.

Jessica Halloran and Greg Bearup

OlympicsOlympics

BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 23: Cassiel Rousseau of Team Australia competes in the Men's 10m Platform Final during the World Aquatics Diving World Cup 2024 - Stop 2 on March 23, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Plunge for gold comes with its touch of pain

Australia’s great Olympic diving gold medal hope Cassiel Rousseau opens up on the quiet pain of his beautiful sport.

Jessica Halloran

NetballNetball

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 02: Caitlin Bassett of Australia looks to shoot during the Constellation Cup International Test match between the New Zealand Silver Ferns and the Australia Diamonds at Christchurch Arena on March 02, 2021 in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Photo by Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)

Former Aussie captain ‘not surprised’ by ban

Former Australian Diamonds netball captain Caitlin Bassett says she is ‘not surprised’ the World Netball move to ban transgender athletes from elite international women’s netball.

Jessica Halloran

NRLSport

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 28: Michael Jennings of the Roosters warms up during the round four NRL match between Sydney Roosters and Penrith Panthers at Allianz Stadium, on March 28, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Disgraced NRL star denied honour

Disgraced Roosters star Michael Jennings will no longer be honoured by the NRL for his 300th game.

Jessica Halloran

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