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Will Swanton is a Walkley Award-winning features writer. He’s won the Melbourne Press Club’s Harry Gordon Award for Australian Sports Journalist of the Year and he’s also a seven-time winner of Sport Australia Media Awards and a winner of the Peter Ruehl Award for Outstanding Columnist at the Kennedy Awards. He’s covered Test and World Cup cricket, State of Origin and Test rugby league, Test rugby union, international football, the NRL, AFL, UFC, world championship boxing, grand slam tennis, Formula One, the NBA Finals, Super Bowl, Melbourne Cups, the World Surf League, the Commonwealth Games, Paralympic Games and Olympic Games. He’s a News Awards finalist for Achievements in Storytelling.

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George Burgess of the Rabbitohs during the Round 6 NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Thursday, April 12, 2018. (AAP Image/Brendan Esposito) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

He’s the anti-Gorgeous George

Gorgeous George Burgess is an English rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He puts on less of a show.

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Sport

Australian Stephanie Gilmour wins the Rio Pro

‘This is just the beginning’

Australian Stephanie Gilmore has unleashed the fierceness hiding beneath her glowing free-spiritedness to win the Rio Pro.

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Queensland State of Origin captain Cameron Smith (right) speaks to the media at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Australia and Queensland captain Cameron Smith has announced he's ending his representative rugby league career effective immediately, just three weeks out from the State of Origin series. (AAP Image/Daniel Pockett) NO ARCHIVING

Smith puts family first

It seemed as if the captain of the Maroons and Kangaroos would play on forever — that notion was promptly knocked on the head yesterday.

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NRL

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: Kenny Edwards of the Eels is tackled by Cameron Munster of the Storm during the NRL Qualifying Final match between the Melbourne Storm and the Parramatta Eels at AAMI Park on September 9, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Eels benchmark for stupidity

In the NRL, no one wants to be the benchmark club. One thing we know, Kenny Edwards ensures it’s not Parramatta.

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Basketball

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 30: Aron Baynes #46 of the Boston Celtics defends Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers during the second half of Game One in Round Two of the 2018 NBA Playoffs at TD Garden on April 30, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics defeat the 76ers 117-101. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Baynes will eat your children

Big times don’t get much bigger. Aron Baynes is going man-on-man with arguably the greatest player in history, LeBron James.

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NRL

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 13: Damien Cook of the Rabbitohs is tackled during the round 10 NRL match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the St George Illawarra Dragons at ANZ Stadium on May 13, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jason McCawley/Getty Images)

Cook gets a taste for Origin

Damien Cook finally appeared and agreed to speak about the unspeakable truth — he’s so close to Origin he can taste it.

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Golf

Scott finds his putting touch

Golf is all about the numbers, particularly those you punch in with the putter, as Adam Scott knows too well.

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NRL

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 14: Bryce Cartwright passes the ball during a Gold Coast Titans NRL training session at Parkwood on March 14, 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Jason O'Brien/Getty Images)

Coach agrees with Ennis

Fox Sports analyst Mick Ennis has said what everyone else is whispering in the green room about Bryce Cartwright’s form.

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Basketball

Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons (25) goes up for a shot between Boston Celtics' Semi Ojeleye (37) and Jayson Tatum (0) during the first half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Monday, May 7, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Simmons fights back

Ben Simmons fought back against Boston after Philadelphia had started to turn on the Australian 76ers star.

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Opinion

CLEVELAND, OH - MAY 05: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers hits the game winning shot over the outstretched hand of OG Anunoby #3 of the Toronto Raptors to win Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals 105-103 during the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena on May 5, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Finding X-factor at crunch time

Only the highlights matter. Certain athletes crave the buzzer-beater.

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