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The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun

At the end of another extraordinary sporting year, it’s time to celebrate the best and worst athletes, moments and quotes from 2024.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 06: Gout Gout of Queensland celebrates winning the Boys’ U18 100m final during the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Athletics Championship at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre on December 06, 2024 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

The stories of Gout Gout and Peter Norman are about more than running fast

The success of Gout Gout demonstrates the virtues that Peter Norman, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were on about way back in 1968.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Gianni Infantino

FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab

Next week, world football’s governing body will sign off on the Saudi bid to host the 2034 World Cup. They’re selling it as a catalyst for human rights reform in the Kingdom. Rubbish.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Tom Wright races away for a try in the first half.

Rugby will be on fire if Wallabies prune the power of Scotland

Two down and two to go - come on you Wallabies!

  • Peter FitzSimons
Max Jorgensen’s try after the siren gave the Wallabies their first win at Twickenham in almost a decade.

The Wallabies are officially back. Now, let’s watch them fly

Hold me back, but it seems like everything is again pointing in the right direction for the team in green and gold.

  • Peter FitzSimons
David Campese

Campo, please put a sock in it

David Campese was one of the greatest Wallabies, but his latest attack on the game is incorrect.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Eels captain Clint Gutherson.

Why Parramatta letting a leader like Gutherson leave is madness

Just as the Rabbitohs learned with Adam Reynolds and the Wallabies learned with Michael Hooper, a veteran leader isn’t easy to replace.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Nathan Cleary celebrates after winning the Grand Final match between the Melbourne Storm and the Penrith Panthers on October 6.

I’m a genius. Here’s how to make the Wallabies and rugby league better

Let’s put Nathan Cleary on the London/Paris/Buenos Aires rugby circuit instead of the Cronulla/Campbelltown/Canberra NRL one, as fine as those cities are.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Swans midfielder Robbie Fox (in number 42) consoles Isaac Heeney and James Rowbottom.

Hallmark not Hellfire: Too many Mr Nice Guys at the Swans

When things started going south in the AFL grand final, there was no battle-scared old bastard to hold the others to account.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Will Hayward and James Rowbottom.

Is Buddy Franklin the greatest exemplar of the Ewing Theory?

Lance Franklin is an all-time great of the AFL, but it looks like the Sydney Swans are better without him.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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