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Brisbane Times

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Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

The most extraordinary year of Test cricket will be followed by one its most critical periods on record.

24.01.2025 5

WA Today

Dan Walsh

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

The most extraordinary year of Test cricket will be followed by one its most critical periods on record.

24.01.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

The most extraordinary year of Test cricket will be followed by one its most critical periods on record.

24.01.2025 10

The Age

Dan Walsh

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

The most extraordinary year of Test cricket will be followed by one its most critical periods on record.

24.01.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

Why an NRL club will pay $1m for ‘consistently inconsistent’ Dylan Brown

“Franchise player” was the phrase used to shop the Eels star to other clubs this week. Brown has used far less flattering terms to describe his...

17.01.2025 10

WA Today

Dan Walsh

Why an NRL club will pay $1m for ‘consistently inconsistent’ Dylan Brown

Why an NRL club will pay $1m for ‘consistently inconsistent’ Dylan Brown
17.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

Why an NRL club will pay $1m for ‘consistently inconsistent’ Dylan Brown

Why an NRL club will pay $1m for ‘consistently inconsistent’ Dylan Brown
17.01.2025 10

The Age

Dan Walsh

Why an NRL club will pay $1m for ‘consistently inconsistent’ Dylan Brown

“Franchise player” was the phrase used to shop the Eels star to other clubs this week. Brown has used far less flattering terms to describe his...

17.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

From boating accident to bolter: Why Cooper Connolly is on the plane to Sri Lanka

From boating accident to bolter: Why Cooper Connolly is on the plane to Sri Lanka

Australia’s newest Test tourist is heading to Sri Lanka with limited first-class experience, a bizarre history of injuries and a skill set that...

09.01.2025 1

WA Today

Dan Walsh

From boating accident to bolter: Why Cooper Connolly is on the plane to Sri Lanka

From boating accident to bolter: Why Cooper Connolly is on the plane to Sri Lanka
09.01.2025 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

From boating accident to bolter: Why Cooper Connolly is on the plane to Sri Lanka

09.01.2025 4

The Age

Dan Walsh

From boating accident to bolter: Why Cooper Connolly is on the plane to Sri Lanka

Australia’s newest Test tourist is heading to Sri Lanka with limited first-class experience, a bizarre history of injuries and a skill set that...

09.01.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

‘You can’t be that soft’: Konstas can shake off Gambhir sledge. He will get smarter too

For a 19-year-old with two Tests and 113 runs to his name, Sam Konstas’ headline-to-highlight ratio might just sit alongside his slew of records...

05.01.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

‘You can’t be that soft’: Konstas can shake off Gambhir sledge. He will get smarter too

For a 19-year-old with two Tests and 113 runs to his name, Sam Konstas’ headline-to-highlight ratio might just sit alongside his slew of records...

05.01.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

‘You can’t be that soft’: Konstas can shake off Gambhir sledge. He will get smarter too

For a 19-year-old with two Tests and 113 runs to his name, Sam Konstas’ headline-to-highlight ratio might just sit alongside his slew of records...

05.01.2025 2

WA Today

Dan Walsh

‘You can’t be that soft’: Konstas can shake off Gambhir sledge. He will get smarter too

For a 19-year-old with two Tests and 113 runs to his name, Sam Konstas’ headline-to-highlight ratio might just sit alongside his slew of records...

05.01.2025 2

The Age

Dan Walsh

A PNG team will enter the NRL in 2028. We took $12.5m and built their inaugural roster

Coming to an NRL franchise not so near you – Port Moresby, to be precise – will be a whiteboard. The interminable expansion talks and reports...

09.12.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

A PNG team will enter the NRL in 2028. We took $12.5m and built their inaugural roster

Coming to an NRL franchise not so near you – Port Moresby, to be precise – will be a whiteboard. The interminable expansion talks and reports...

09.12.2024 4

WA Today

Dan Walsh

A PNG team will enter the NRL in 2028. We took $12.5m and built their inaugural roster

Coming to an NRL franchise not so near you – Port Moresby, to be precise – will be a whiteboard. The interminable expansion talks and reports...

09.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

A PNG team will enter the NRL in 2028. We took $12.5m and built their inaugural roster

Coming to an NRL franchise not so near you – Port Moresby, to be precise – will be a whiteboard. The interminable expansion talks and reports...

09.12.2024 4

The Age

Dan Walsh

Hadlee. Akram. Ambrose. Bumrah: India’s pace hero can trump best fast bowlers to tour Australia

Devastatingly dangerous and unplayable as he seems, Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to ever be received in the same fashion by the Australian masses as...

05.12.2024 2

WA Today

Dan Walsh

Hadlee. Akram. Ambrose. Bumrah: India’s pace hero can trump best fast bowlers to tour Australia

Devastatingly dangerous and unplayable as he seems, Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to ever be received in the same fashion by the Australian masses as...

05.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

Hadlee. Akram. Ambrose. Bumrah: India’s pace hero can trump best fast bowlers to tour Australia

Devastatingly dangerous and unplayable as he seems, Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to ever be received in the same fashion by the Australian masses as...

05.12.2024 2

The Age

Dan Walsh

Hadlee. Akram. Ambrose. Bumrah: India’s pace hero can trump best fast bowlers to tour Australia

Devastatingly dangerous and unplayable as he seems, Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to ever be received in the same fashion by the Australian masses as...

05.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

The 51 roster moves and 18 debuts behind Benji’s rebuild of Wests Tigers

Between Phil Gould and Shane Richardson, there isn’t much that two of rugby league’s greatest survivors don’t know about rebuilding, renovating,...

04.12.2024 4

WA Today

Dan Walsh

The 51 roster moves and 18 debuts behind Benji’s rebuild of Wests Tigers

Between Phil Gould and Shane Richardson, there isn’t much that two of rugby league’s greatest survivors don’t know about rebuilding, renovating,...

04.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

The 51 roster moves and 18 debuts behind Benji’s rebuild of Wests Tigers

Between Phil Gould and Shane Richardson, there isn’t much that two of rugby league’s greatest survivors don’t know about rebuilding, renovating,...

04.12.2024 4

The Age

Dan Walsh

The 51 roster moves and 18 debuts behind Benji’s rebuild of Wests Tigers

Between Phil Gould and Shane Richardson, there isn’t much that two of rugby league’s greatest survivors don’t know about rebuilding, renovating,...

04.12.2024 6

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

After eight years out and with no NRL experience, can Daley tame a new Origin beast?

Laurie Daley, genuine good guy of the game that he is, acknowledged the elephant in a room replete with blue seats, blue carpet, blue everything,...

03.12.2024 2

WA Today

Dan Walsh

After eight years out and with no NRL experience, can Daley tame a new Origin beast?

Laurie Daley, genuine good guy of the game that he is, acknowledged the elephant in a room replete with blue seats, blue carpet, blue everything,...

03.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

After eight years out and with no NRL experience, can Daley tame a new Origin beast?

Laurie Daley, genuine good guy of the game that he is, acknowledged the elephant in a room replete with blue seats, blue carpet, blue everything,...

03.12.2024 3

The Age

Dan Walsh

After eight years out and with no NRL experience, can Daley tame a new Origin beast?

Laurie Daley, genuine good guy of the game that he is, acknowledged the elephant in a room replete with blue seats, blue carpet, blue everything,...

03.12.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

Terrell May played every game last season. So why are the Roosters showing him the door?

“What’s happened?” Along with the rest of rugby league, Terrell May was asking himself that very question when the news came down the line....

01.11.2024 3

WA Today

Dan Walsh

Terrell May played every game last season. So why are the Roosters showing him the door?

“What’s happened?” Along with the rest of rugby league, Terrell May was asking himself that very question when the news came down the line....

01.11.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

Terrell May played every game last season. So why are the Roosters showing him the door?

“What’s happened?” Along with the rest of rugby league, Terrell May was asking himself that very question when the news came down the line....

01.11.2024 3

The Age

Dan Walsh

Terrell May played every game last season. So why are the Roosters showing him the door?

“What’s happened?” Along with the rest of rugby league, Terrell May was asking himself that very question when the news came down the line....

01.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

Eighteen months ago Rishabh Pant nearly died in a car crash. Now he’s arguably the world’s most entertaining cricketer

When television and cricket executives thrashed out a $360 million deal to beam Australian summers into India two years ago, Rishabh Pant’s...

21.10.2024 2

WA Today

Dan Walsh

Eighteen months ago Rishabh Pant nearly died in a car crash. Now he’s arguably the world’s most entertaining cricketer

When television and cricket executives thrashed out a $360 million deal to beam Australian summers into India two years ago, Rishabh Pant’s...

21.10.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

Eighteen months ago Rishabh Pant nearly died in a car crash. Now he’s arguably the world’s most entertaining cricketer

When television and cricket executives thrashed out a $360 million deal to beam Australian summers into India two years ago, Rishabh Pant’s...

21.10.2024 1

The Age

Dan Walsh

Eighteen months ago Rishabh Pant nearly died in a car crash. Now he’s arguably the world’s most entertaining cricketer

When television and cricket executives thrashed out a $360 million deal to beam Australian summers into India two years ago, Rishabh Pant’s...

21.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

From a flaming car to the box office: The rise of India’s entertainers

When television and cricket executives thrashed out a $360 million deal to beam Australian summers into India two years ago, Rishabh Pant’s...

20.10.2024 4

WA Today

Dan Walsh

From a flaming car to the box office: The rise of India’s entertainers

When television and cricket executives thrashed out a $360 million deal to beam Australian summers into India two years ago, Rishabh Pant’s...

20.10.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

From a flaming car to the box office: The rise of India’s entertainers

When television and cricket executives thrashed out a $360 million deal to beam Australian summers into India two years ago, Rishabh Pant’s...

20.10.2024 2

The Age

Dan Walsh

From a flaming car to the box office: The rise of India’s entertainers

When television and cricket executives thrashed out a $360 million deal to beam Australian summers into India two years ago, Rishabh Pant’s...

20.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

The Test contenders: One opening spot and a wide open field to fill it

Tried and previously tested? New and possibly improved? But after Steve Smith’s dramatic shift up the order, probably not borrowed. Australian...

17.10.2024 6

WA Today

Dan Walsh

The Test contenders: One opening spot and a wide open field to fill it

Tried and previously tested? New and possibly improved? But after Steve Smith’s dramatic shift up the order, probably not borrowed. Australian...

17.10.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Dan Walsh

The Test contenders: One opening spot and a wide open field to fill it

Tried and previously tested? New and possibly improved? But after Steve Smith’s dramatic shift up the order, probably not borrowed. Australian...

17.10.2024 2

The Age

Dan Walsh

The Test contenders: One opening spot and a wide open field to fill it

Tried and previously tested? New and possibly improved? But after Steve Smith’s dramatic shift up the order, probably not borrowed. Australian...

17.10.2024 6

Brisbane Times

Dan Walsh

Can anyone stop the Panthers? We rate the 2025 NRL line-ups

In a little less than 12 months, the rugby league world might finally stop asking whether Penrith can win yet another title despite losing two...

11.10.2024 1

WA Today

Dan Walsh

Can anyone stop the Panthers? We rate the 2025 NRL line-ups

In a little less than 12 months, the rugby league world might finally stop asking whether Penrith can win yet another title despite losing two...

11.10.2024 3

The Age

Dan Walsh