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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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BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 7: Peter Bol of Australia before the start of the Men's 800m Final during the Athletics competition at Alexander Stadium during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on August 7, 2022, in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

Bol’s emotional rollercoaster run not yet over

Olympic star Peter Bol says the ‘B’ sample proves his innocence but Sports Integrity Australia’s investigation ‘remains ongoing’ into the track star who has been accused of doping.

Jessica Halloran and Scott Gullan

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Action gallery of junior rugby league at Tugun. under-14s game Tugun Vs Nerang.Pic Mike Batterham

NRL sizes up new approach to juniors

A Hollywood star, a rugby league immortal, a Penrith superstar – what do they have in common? They all want ‘weight and age’ categories in junior rugby league.

Jessica Halloran

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An emergency department sign outside Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Toowoomba Hospital as the state budget is handed down, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Picture: Kevin Farmer

Knock to the head and George was lost

After a rugby tackle gone wrong, her son didn’t remember who she was. A Brisbane mother is calling for more education on concussion.

Jessica Halloran

NRL

DAILY TELEGRAPH 3RD JANUARY 2023Pictured at the Sydney Cricket Ground at Moore Park in Sydney is Chief Executive Officer of the Foxtel Group Patrick Delany, for the announcement of a broadcast deal between Cricket Australia, Foxtel and Channel 7.Picture: Richard Dobson

Sport powerbrokers gather for Fox Sports season launch

Past and present sports stars, powerbrokers and politicians all gathered together at Parliament House for the Fox Sports season launch for 2023.

Jessica Halloran and James Madden

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07/2/2023: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Damien Cook. Australian sports people and politicians gather at Parliament House on Tuesday night to launch the Fox Sports season. Picture: Paul Chapman

A platform to hail sports coverage at its very best

Stars from the AFL, NRL, cricket, netball and motorsport gathered alongside sports executives and politicians at Parliament House on Tuesday night to launch the Fox Sports season.

Jessica Halloran and James Madden

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 16: Nicola Barr of the Giants contests the ball during the round eight AFLW match between the Greater Western Sydney Giants and the Hawthorn Hawks at Henson Park on October 16, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

Elite girls’ school bans AFL over brain traumas

Prestigious Sydney girls school Queenwood has banned Australian rules football because of traumatic brain injury concerns.

Jessica Halloran

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS - 7/10/22 MUST CHECK WITH PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE USING -Ex NRL star James Graham pictured at his Gymea home today. James is hosting a new podcast documenting his CTE concerns after repeated head knocks whilst playing rugby league. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

‘Rule out concussed players for longer’

Experts call for sporting codes to stand down concussed footballers for four weeks and for an overhaul of concussion testing procedures.

Jessica Halloran

ExclusiveNRL

NRL 2022 RD19 Newcastle Knights v Sydney Roosters - Kalyn Ponga, HIA. Picture: NRL Photos

NRL eyes hard call on head knocks

The NRL are preparing to debate the merits of a mandatory stand down period for concussion.

Jessica Halloran

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“Wazza”, the cartoon-like image of the ultimate Wallaby, was supposed to inspire Australia to the Bledisloe Cup and other trophies. Picture: Supplied

Wazza buried: Digger spirit to help Wallabies dig deep

‘Wazza’, the cartoon superhero David Rennie hung in the Wallabies changing rooms to inspire his players, has been dumped as Eddie Jones tries to bring back the ‘Digger spirit’.

Jessica Halloran

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 19, 2022 England's head coach Eddie Jones looks on during warm up prior to the Six Nations rugby union tournament match between France and England at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. - Eddie Jones was dismissed as England rugby coach, England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) said in a statement on December 6, 2022. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

Jones plots Wallabies success with Digger spirit

Eddie Jones wants the Wallabies to draw inspiration from Australia’s Diggers at this year’s World Cup.

Jessica Halloran

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