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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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EXCLUSIVERugby Union

*APAC Sports Pictures of the Week - 2020, March 2* SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 28: Kurtley Beale of the Waratahs is tackled by Tyrone Green of the Lions during the round five Super Rugby match between the Waratahs and the Lions at Bankwest Stadium on February 28, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Rugby players offer to take 40 per cent pay cut

The Rugby Union Players Association have responded to Rugby Australia’s plea for help to save the code.

Jessica Halloran

AFL

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 21: John Longmire, Senior Coach of the Swans looks on during the round 1 AFL match between the Adelaide Crows and the Sydney Swans at Adelaide Oval on March 21, 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)

The loneliness of the long-distance coach

When the game returns, Sydney Swans coach John Longmire knows that football departments won’t look like they used to.

Jessica Halloran

exclusiveRugby Union

Embattled Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle (left) and the man many think will replace her, Phil Kearns.

Castle set to fall as key backers flip

Former Wallaby Phil Kearns emerges as likely successor to Raelene Castle as pressure for change grows at Rugby Australia.

Jessica Halloran

exclusiveRugby Union

Rugby Australia Chief Executive Raelene Castle speaks to the media during a press conference at Rugby AU headquarters in Sydney, Thursday, December 5, 2019. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Embattled Castle set to fall

Pressure is growing for change at the top of Rugby Australia and Raelene Castle’s days as chief executive look numbered.

Jessica Halloran

Sport

Crisis to end era of huge TV deals

COVID-19 may have signalled the death of the multi-billion dollar TV sports rights deal.

Jessica Halloran

‘internal scorecard’Rugby Union

Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle speaking at Rugby Australia Head quarters on the 17th of May. Giving the verdict on Israel Folau's future with Rugby Australia after his breach in contract. Photographer Adam Yip

Castle’s bizarre ‘pass mark’ a sign of denial

Rugby Australia’s stunning self-praise has fuelled criticism that Raelene Castle is blind to the crisis threatening the code.

Jessica Halloran

Rugby Union

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 17: Rugby Australia Chief Executive Raelene Castle speaks to the media during a press conference at Jones Bay Wharf on March 17, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Rugby faces $90m blackhole

Rugby Australia’s cash reserves are dwindling with just under a month of wages left in the bank to pay staff.

Jessica Halloran

Sport

In time for this weekend AFL Grand Final , the Juicy Rump has installed the Biggest Plasma TV in Alice Springs. Adam Cooper, Tanya and Tony Barber from Antenna and Satellite Services are joined by Lasseter's Duty Manager, Deryck Goodman to admire their handy work.

Coronavirus a $1bn reality check

The sporting shutdown due to the coronavirus has highlighted the weakness in the industry’s business model.

John Stensholt and Jessica Halloran

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Australia's Cate Campbell at Dee Why in Sydney today after the AOC have told Australia's Olympian athletes to prepare for a postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics until 2021. Picture. Phil Hillyard

Campbell resets for postponed Olympics

Cate Campbell is an Olympic swimming gold medal favourite … without a pool.

Jessica Halloran

Olympics

Tokyo drift as athletes spin their wheels

It came 16 minutes into the media conference. The jarring question that highlighted the anxiety of Olympic athletes.

Jessica Halloran

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