‘Practical’, ‘determined’, ‘compassionate’ – Sam Mostyn has been driving force for women in sport in this country, with former AFL chief Gillon McLachlan once describing her push for equality as ‘relentless’.
A consortium of high-profile business people, including former Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford, have come up with a radical new plan to save the broke Melbourne Rebels.
An extraordinary attack has been launched on the Rugby Australia board by a group saying former chairman Hamish McLennan was a made ‘scapegoat’.
Olympics powerbroker John Coates dismissed any suggestion he ‘blindsided’ the Brisbane Games independent review chief Graham Quirk of venue options for 2032.
Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones says Rugby Australia must do everything it can to keep ‘special talent’ Max Jorgensen and emphatically dismissed there was World Cup spending ‘without approval’.
Is Joseph Suaalii the Wallabies’ last millionaire recruit? The economic landscape has radically changed in recent months.
While Sydney Roosters billionaire powerbroker Nick Politis and coach Trent Robinson crafted an impassioned two-hour presentation to lure the rival code’s brightest young star, Rugby Australia’s boss was yet to even meet with him.
While the AFL moves to a 21-day stand down for community footballers who have suffered a concussion – as per the Australian Institute of Sport’s expert advice – the NRL has held on the line on their policy.
The soccer superstar is set to argue she did not call a policeman a ‘white bastard’, as she works to get the entire case thrown out of court in the coming weeks.
Leading sports neuroscientist Alan Pearce said the AFL’s move towards trialing helmets is one of the ‘dumbest’ moves made by the code, after research has repeatedly proven that ‘headgear doesn’t work’ when it comes to combating concussion.
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