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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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08/06/22 Former Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford will receive one of the Queen's highest honours on Monday when he is made a Companion of the Order (AC) for services to aviation, arts and education. Aaron Francis / The Australian

Ex-Qantas and Rio Tinto boss behind Rebels radical lifeline

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.

Jessica Halloran

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2/11/23: Exclusive interview with under pressure Rugby Australia chief Hamish McLennan. John Feder/The Australian.

Rebel rugby group calls for RA board to ‘spill’

An extraordinary attack has been launched on the Rugby Australia board by a group saying former chairman Hamish McLennan was a made ‘scapegoat’.

Jessica Halloran

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The Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre where the 2032 Brisbane Olympics is set to hold the track and field events.

Olympic supremo dismisses Brisbane review chief’s claim

Olympics powerbroker John Coates dismissed any suggestion he ‘blindsided’ the Brisbane Games independent review chief Graham Quirk of venue options for 2032.

Jessica Halloran

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TOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 10: Eddie Jones, Director of rugby of Suntory Sungoliath, is seen prior to the NTT Japan Rugby League One match between Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay and Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath at Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground on December 10, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

Jones: RA must keep ‘special’ Jorgensen

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’.

Jessica Halloran

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Waratahsâ Max Jorgensen scores a try during the Super Rugby match between the NSW Waratahs and the Highlanders in Sydney on March 8, 2024. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --

Top Wallaby contracts max out

Is Joseph Suaalii the Wallabies’ last millionaire recruit? The economic landscape has radically changed in recent months.

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Waratahsâ Max Jorgensen averts a tackle by the Highlanders' Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens during the Super Rugby match between the NSW Waratahs and the Highlanders in Sydney on March 8, 2024. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --

Roosters swooped on Jorgensen as RA pushed deal ‘down the line’

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.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 06: Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive Officer of the AFL speaks with media during the Sydney Opening Round Media Opportunity at Circular Quay on March 06, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

AFL moves to change while NRL holds the line on concussion

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.

Jessica Halloran

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BRISTOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 17: Sam Kerr of Chelsea walks out prior to the Barclays WomenÃÂ´s Super League match between Bristol City and Chelsea FC at Ashton Gate Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Bristol, England. (Photo by Harriet Lander - Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

Kerr to deny she used word ‘bastard’ against white cop

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.

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AFL move to trial helmets is ‘dumb’

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.

Jessica Halloran, Mark Robinson and Lachlan McKirdy

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Sam Kerr to face trial in England. Artwork by Emilia Tortorella

Powerbrokers fume at Sam Kerr’s secret race scandal

While her Matildas coach and local football management were kept in the dark for over a year, those in the know at Chelsea enveloped the superstar in a cloak of secrecy.

Jacquelin Magnay and Jessica Halloran

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