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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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Former Wallaby Berrick Barnes pictured at his home in Kinvara in Northern NSW, who opens up to James Graham for the Head Noise podcast about his previous concussions while repping the Wallabies and playing bush footy

From Test arena to bush footy, the hits don’t miss

Former Wallaby Berrick Barnes opens up on his return to bush footy, concussion and why kids should be removed from the field for a month after a head knock.

Jessica Halloran

Sport

Sport in race for charitable donations

New figures show that within the next 10 years, philanthropic donations to sport will rival that of the arts community.

Jessica Halloran

AFL

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Lance Franklin and Chad Warner of the Swans look dejected after defeat during the 2022 AFL Grand Final match between the Geelong Cats and the Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 24, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)

Cats in full flow, but Swans must can it

The crushed beer cans told you everything. In the victorious Geelong rooms they were sprinkled on the floor while Sydney’s icy beer-laden Eskys remained full

Jessica Halloran

AFL GRAND FINALSport

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Sydney Swans coach John Longmire attends during the 2022 AFL Grand Final Parade on September 23, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Horse power fuels Bloods culture of relentless success

Sydney Swans coach John Longmire says there are no secrets to why his band of Bloods brothers will be at the MCG on Saturday.

Jessica Halloran

EXCLUSIVESport

Joel Wilkinson Former AFL player suing for racial vilification and sexual harassment makes a statement to the media with Will Barsby employment law expert from Shine Lawyers. Picture: Nicole Garmston

AFL accused of remaining ‘anti-black’

Former footballer Joel Wilkinson marched into AFL House at 4.30pm on Wednesday asking to speak to senior AFL figures about the ‘institutional racism’ in the code.

Jessica Halloran

AFLAFL

Portrait of some of the Sydney Swans young guns ready to take on Geelong in the AFL Grand Final this week. L-R Dylan Stephens, Justin McInerney, James Rowbottom, Chad Warner and Errol Gulden. Photo by Phil Hillyard(Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - **NO ON SALES** - Â©Phil Hillyard )

Swannies’ support base second to none

A blockbuster 1.9 million strong fan base, a $10 million guernsey; the Sydney Swans are flying on and off the field. What’s the secret to their success?

Jessica Halloran

Head NoiseSport

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Daily Telegraph. 25, March, 2022.Macquarie University neurologist, CTE researcher and director of the Australian Biobank, Dr Rowena Mobbs, at work today.Mobbs is leading the The Australian CTE Biobank.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

‘Four weeks’ out for concussion: top neurologist

A leading neurologist has called for all football codes to stand down players for at least four weeks.

Jessica Halloran

ExclusiveRugby Union

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 15: Referee Mathieu Raynal speaks to Nic White and Bernard Foley of the Wallabies during The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between the Australia Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks at Marvel Stadium on September 15, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Formal complaint over Bledisloe ref but not everyone agrees

Rugby Australia has lodged a formal complaint over referee Mathieu Raynal’s late Bledisloe Cup call, but a former leading ref has given a conflicting spin on the whole episode.

Jessica Halloran and Christy Doran

ExclusiveRugby Union

Rugby Australia lodges formal Bledisloe complaint

Rugby Australia chiefs have formally sent a letter to World Rugby bosses over the refereeing of last week’s Bledisloe Cup Cup match in Melbourne.

Jessica Halloran and Christy Doran

majestic memoriesInquirer

‘I put the future king under the dining table’

Many thousands of people have cherished recollections of their encounters with the Queen, who chalked up more than 21,000 official engagements. Here, Australians recall their brush with royalty.

The Australian

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