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Will Swanton is a sportswriter who’s won Walkley, Kennedy, Sport Australia and News Awards. He’s won the Melbourne Press Club’s Harry Gordon Award for Australian Sports Journalist of the Year.

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AFL

20/09/18 Richmond supporters (L-R) Jess and Anthony Aloi with their kids Arabella (7), Alfie (5) and Charlie (3) with Collingwood supporters (L-R) Ebony Smith (9), Kerri Watts, Damion Lumani (13), Mason Banting (3) and Lorraine Boateng on the corner of Hoddle Street and Victoria Parade in Melbourne where the two suburbs meet. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Tigers v Pies in passion play

There’s magic on a night like this, when nearly 100,000 Melburnians gather around the MCG’s towering floodlights.

Will Swanton and Richard Ferguson

NRL

Sam Burgess mingles with the fans after the Rabbitohs training session at Redfern oval ahead of their preliminary final with the Sydney Roosters. Picture. Phil Hillyard

Burgess feels heat of sexting saga

Sam Burgess’s hands trembled and tears formed as he spoke for the first time since the sexting scandal emerged.

Will Swanton

NRL

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 18: Billy Slater of the Storm poses infront of graffitti mural of himself at Richmond Station during a Melbourne Storm NRL media opportunity at Richmond Station on September 18, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Silly Billys may have to glance twice

The giant paint job in honour of Billy Slater is right in the heart of Melbourne’s epic sporting precinct.

Will Swanton

NRL

South Sydney Rabbitohs player Sam Burgess addresses media at Redfern Oval in Sydney, Tuesday, September 18, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Sam Burgess breaks his silence

The Rabbitohs superstar has spoken of the pain of Souths’ “sexting” scandal, welcoming an inquiry “getting to the truth”.

Debbie Schipp and Will Swanton

NRL

Souths Adam Reynolds celebrates after scoring a try during the South Sydney v St. George-Illawarra NRL Semi Final at ANZ Stadium, Homebush. Picture: Brett Costello

Tactical periodisation wins

The biggest crock in sport is the line about having nothing to lose.

Will Swanton

Cricket

Glenn Maxwell of the Victoria plays a shot to bring up his half century during the JLT One-Day Cup match between Queensland and Victoria at Riverway Stadium, Townsville, Sunday, September 16, 2018, (AAP Image/Dave Acree) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Maxwell responds with his bat

Glenn Maxwell seems precisely the sort of bloke Justin Langer could whip into shape

Will Swanton

Tennis

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 09: Women's singles Champion Naomi Osaka of Japan poses for a portrait inside the Rockefeller Center on day fourteen of the 2018 US Open at The Rockefeller Center on September 9, 2018 in New York City. Alex Pantling/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Not just big in Japan

Now the dust has settled, we can see the US Open for what it really was. The birth of the next global superstar.

Will Swanton

Sport

James Maloney (centre) is seen during a Penrith Panthers open training session for the NRL Finals series in Sydney, Monday, September 3, 2018. (AAP Image/Brendan Esposito) NO ARCHIVING

Maloney trades on rat cunning

James Maloney says five sentences, four of them are from the heart. The other? He’s off his head.

Will Swanton

NRL

Why Inglis is art and soul

Is there another NRL club that means so much to so many people? Probably not.

Will Swanton

Opinion

Gareth Widdop of the Dragons is taken from the field after dislocating his shoulder during the Elimination Final between the Brisbane Broncos and the St George-Illawarra Dragons in Week 1 of the NRL Finals Series at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Sunday, September 9, 2018. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Dragons running out of puff

The Dragons next Monday is likely to be a mad one.

Will Swanton

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