Yesterday
Wallabies halfway to grand slam after Wales rout
Australia have thumped Wales 52 to 20 in Cardiff, with hooker Matt Faessler bagging three tries.
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- Ian Chadband
This Month
Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson in heavyweight boxing match
The young YouTuber-turned-boxer won a unanimous decision over the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion during a fight in Texas.
- Schuyler Dixon
What playing pickleball with Agassi taught me about finding purpose
The former US tennis great prioritises participation over success but says pickleball isn’t in competition with tennis.
- Michelle Bowes
Make more money by losing – the sad state of world cricket
The game has long abandoned even the pretence of being coherently run. For fans and players alike, cricket is increasingly unfathomable.
- Tim Wigmore
The unassuming 21-year-old behind Wallabies stunning win
Twenty-one-year-old Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i’s first rugby game for Australia was one for the ages.
- Ian Chadband
Wallabies’ last-gasp heroics stun England at Twickenham
Max Jorgensen scored a try after the siren to ensure Australia’s first win at the famous English ground in almost a decade.
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- Sam Tobin
Sua’ali’i is right to start for the Wallabies – next, Nathan Cleary
Selection gambles don’t come bigger than this, but Joseph Sua’ali’i is ready and his success should lead to a killer recruitment for the 2027 World Cup.
- Simon Poidevin
- Analysis
- Australian rugby
How the Wallabies’ 1984 grand slam tour changed rugby forever
The tour not only marked Australian rugby’s coming of age, it influenced the decision of the code to turn professional just over a decade later.
- James Curran
Insiders and long-shots: Rear Window at the 2024 Melbourne Cup
Knight’s Choice made a (very small) number of punters very wealthy, taking home the Melbourne Cup on slim expectations.
- Myriam Robin, Zoe Samios and Patrick Durkin
The $2.3m gamble that led Knight’s Choice to Melbourne Cup glory
Knight’s Choice stunned Australian racing by winning the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. But he only made the race after a brave gamble by his owner.
- James Thomson
Out the gates! Macquarie quants reveal their Melbourne Cup pick
The investment bank’s finance bros landed a winner last year backing Without A Fight. Can they make it two consecutive victories with their latest pick?
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- Horse racing
Rich Lister was told ‘get a hobby’, now his horse is in the Cup
Brian Flannery has five-year-old gelding Manzoice in the race that stops the nation. It’s an outside chance, but one that the mining billionaire is thrilled to be part of.
- Zoe Samios
Sydney Marathon joins New York, Tokyo and Berlin as major race
Australia’s biggest marathon is now set to become one of the world’s most prestigious after being elevated to the pinnacle of global distance events.
- Gus McCubbing
- Exclusive
- Horse racing
This star banker won’t stop trying to win the Melbourne Cup
The best – and maybe only – mullet haircut in investment banking is back. Rich Ricci wants another crack at the Melbourne Cup with his horse Vauban.
- James Thomson
India A cleared of ball-tampering, no further action
In an explosive start to the summer, India’s A team have been cleared of ball-tampering and will escape any sanction after accusations flew in a match against Australia A.
- Scott Bailey
Inside the Birdcage at Flemington’s Derby Day
With Tabcorp focusing on customers and Lexus on models, Crown’s marquee reigned supreme as the best people-spotting location of the day.
- Myriam Robin, Zoe Samios and Patrick Durkin
- Analysis
- Chanticleer Brunch
‘Melbourne’s the wife, Sydney’s the mistress’: Victoria Racing Club’s CEO
It was inevitable a Chanticleer brunch hosted in Melbourne by a masthead based in Sydney reverted to the age-old rivalry between the country’s two largest cities.
- Patrick Durkin
Making bank: Australia’s highest-earning racehorses revealed
Champion horses can make millions on the racetrack. But the real money lies in retirement.
- Zoe Samios and James Thomson
October
Why Tabcorp’s Gill McLachlan has banned pollies from the Birdcage
Politicians and journalists have been given short shrift, while Anthony Albanese and others will probably skip G.H. Mumm’s private jet theme.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- New Zealand rugby
The haka is overused and we shouldn’t just stand for it
It is preposterous that opponents are supposed to be mute and reverential while 15 man mountains threaten to tear them to tiny pieces, writes Oliver Brown.
- Oliver Brown
