In 1975,Clive Lloyd led the West Indies cricket team to Papua New Guinea to play two matches against the national side,to celebrate PNG independence.

A young Viv,a feast,a six into the sea:The Windies tour that cricket forgot

Clive Lloyd’s West Indies were about to be kings. A stopover in Papua New Guinea on the way to Australia showed they were leaders,too.

  • Peter Hanlon

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Werribee CEO Mark Penaluna with senior players (L-R) Jesse Clark,Renee Tierney,Maddie Di Cosmo and Dom Brew.

This suburban club has produced seven AFL players in 18 months,but that’s not what it’s most proud of

It’s in Australia’s fastest-growing municipality. It’s coming off a flag. It also hosts English classes for new migrants,and is the beating heart of its community.

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Mark “Butch” Robinson,whose jaw was broken in the 1985 Hampden League grand final.

‘We don’t know’:The harrowing question facing footballers from the AFL to the bush

Footballers involved in one of football’s most violent country grand finals wonder if their current health challenges are linked to the head knocks they copped across their careers.

  • Peter Hanlon
The 1985 Hampden League grand final is known as the bloodbath.

‘The most scared I’ve been’:The future AFL stars caught up in a football ‘bloodbath’

Wayne Schwass,wearing a bicycle helmet at the insistence of his mother,couldn’t understand the violence erupting around him. The most arresting photograph was taken after the siren,of three-year-old Jonathan Brown on the dais.

  • Peter Hanlon
Barlow,pictured here coming up against legendary forward Lance “Buddy” Franklin in the 2013 grand final,always put his body on the line.

The podcaster,coach and ball magnet guiding some of the AFL’s most exciting talent

Michael Barlow was shunned through draft after draft. Now he’s guiding a group of players with some of the brightest futures in the league. He knows what it takes to do things the hard way.

  • Peter Hanlon
Former Australian fast bowler Sharon Tredrea,who has made a comeback to club cricket at Apollo Bay.

Sharon is a hall-of-famer,but lost her love for cricket. Now she’s back playing – at 70

Sharon Tredrea is a former Australian captain,three-time World Cup winner and once was the fastest female bowler in the world. She remains close to several of her old teammates. None of them know that,at 70,she’s still playing.

  • Peter Hanlon
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Don Bradman and David Warner.

He signed Ellyse Perry from his garage. The secret behind the revolution in cricket bats

It’s a craft brewing-style evolution,with young bat makers shaking up an industry that’s long been dominated by traditional players.

  • Peter Hanlon
Alyssa Healy gives Nitschke a spray after Australia won the 2023 T20 World Cup. This year they were knocked out in the semis.

‘They were picking on a kid … gutless’:The ultra-competitive woman behind our greatest sporting team

England were sledging a young Meg Lanning. The teammate who stepped in is now coaching Australia in a historic Ashes series.

  • Peter Hanlon
Mick Turner,the Geelong Falcons legend discovered more than 100 champion AFL players.

This Geelong footy legend helped 134 players get drafted. His last contribution could top them all

Mick Turner isn’t afraid of dying,only of losing the quality of what’s been a very full life.

  • Peter Hanlon
Rose Lewis with parents at her graduation from Western Sydney University.

I switched from law to health to have an impact in my community

Postgraduate health studies have been on the rise since the pandemic,driven by people wanting to make a difference.

  • Peter Hanlon