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Olympian Damien Hooper has butterflies at the Deadlys®
Indigenous Australian boxer and Olympic athlete Damien Hooper admits to having a few nerves backstage before the start of the Deadlys®.
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Barba takes the Dally M
Upon receiving his Dally M Medal as the NRL’s top player in 2012, Ben Barba admitted he never thought it could have been possible. “My size was an issue for me. I always thought I was never big enough. And I’m not going to lie now: I still see some of those big blokes on […]
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Meet the champ
Deadly Vibe goes toe-to-toe with the rapidly improving gentlemAn of Australian and now international boxing, IBF middleweight world champion Daniel Geale, fresh from his latest title defence. Deadly Vibe: Congratulations on your second successful defence of the world title – you must be pleased with the result and your performance. Daniel Geale: Yeah thanks, we’re […]
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Like a boomerang
After a professional football career with St George Illawarra, Joey Griffiths has found another passion – working with young people. As a player, joey got involved in the youth mentoring programs and clinics the football club held with local kids. He enjoyed this so much that when he retired as a player, he set about […]
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Little big men
Hometown heroes Cyril comes from a talented football family. Related to AFL legends Maurice Rioli and Michael Long, his grandfather, Cyril Snr, was also a legend of Northern Territory football. Chris grew up in the South East Queensland Aboriginal community of Cherbourg, the home of a long line of proud Indigenous sporting champions, including cricketer […]
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NRL X-factors
Greg Inglis To be true premiership contenders in 2012, the Rabbitohs must get more football to Greg Inglis. The positives for Greg are that the young man from Bowraville comes into the season fully fit after enjoying a solid pre-season, hampered only by a minor ankle strain. Coach Michael McGuire’s decision to move Greg to […]
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Ones to watch
Anthony Mitchell Anthony found a new home at Bondi Junction in 2010, getting off to a solid start at the Roosters after several years playing mostly lower grades at Parramatta. He earned selection into the Indigenous All Stars squad earlier this year and is a very promising young hooker with a bright future. Jack Wighton […]
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Best defence
You need only look to the remarkable success Chris Yarran enjoyed in 2011 after being moved from a forward role to the backline to see that there is well and truly life after a major positional shift in AFL – particularly when you’re talking about players with exceptional talents, like for example, 23 year-old Leroy […]
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Top prospects
Gerrick Weedon Originally from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Gerrick played for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL before being recruited by West Coast with the 22nd pick overall in the 2009 Draft. He made his senior debut for the Eagles in round seven last year. A hard tackling forward who is also […]
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2012 AFL pre-season headlines
Goodes hungry for more success With two Brownlows, two premiership medallions and multiple All Australian honours, there isn’t anything that 12-year Sydney veteran Adam Goodes hasn’t achieved on the AFL paddock, but don’t let that fool you into thinking the 32-year-old has lost an ounce of competitiveness. In fact, Adam says he’s coming into the […]
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Michael O’Loughlin revisits his roots
Throughout his 14 year AFL career, Michael O’Loughlin was a master of preparation. From his training to his diet, analysing an opposition’s strengths and weaknesses and managing injuries, there was no stone left unturned. So when Michael recently travelled to South Australia to trace his family history as part of the SBS series Who Do […]
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When opportunity knocks
In professional football, one man’s loss is usually another man’s gain, which is precisely the case over at West Coast where a season-ending injury to goalsneak Mark Le Cras has opened the door for 23 year-old Josh Hill to stake his claim on a forward spot. Josh, originally from Broome, was drafted by the Bulldogs […]
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Fighting Fit
If there’s one player in the AFL who deserves to have a good year in 2012, it’s North Melbourne’s Daniel Wells. The talented midfielder endured a horror 2011 after being felled by a sudden illness. While recovering from shoulder surgery at home, Daniel began to feel sharp pains in the chest and lower back, followed […]
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Going your own way
Two prominent Indigenous men who never smoked say they are glad they never started, considering other family members around them did smoke as they were growing up. They both offer their advice about staying off the smokes to achieve better health. Both former Rugby Sevens’ footballer, Matt Sonter, and founder of Black on Track, Brian […]
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Golden Goal
Olympic discus thrower Benn Harradine has been selected to represent Australia at the London Olympics in July 2012. He’s determined to stand on the winner’s podium and has gold firmly in his sights. Benn began to make a name for himself in discus after fighting his way through to the final at the 2006 Melbourne […]
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