Celebrating over 20 years in print, Inside Sport is Australia's most highly awarded sporting publication, including the recipient of the prestigious Walkley Award for sport journalism. But that's not why sports fans love it. Inside Sport consistently tackles modern sporting issues and publishes awe-inspiring sports photography, every month. THAT'S why sports fans love it.
EDITOR'S LETTER
It’s Just Not Cricket • AUSTRALIAN CRICKET ENDURED ITS DARKEST HOUR SINCE UNDERARM, AS STEVE SMITH, DAVID WARNER AND CAMERON BANCROFT FACED THE MUSIC OVER BALL TAMPERING IN THE THIRD TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA.
20 things you might’ve missed
Freeze Frame
Finals bring out the A-game
Journeys in coach class
The shadow cast across the clay
Head Games • WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU COMBINE HEADERS AND TABLE TENNIS? MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. CUE THE NEXT SPORT-OF-THE-FUTURE CANDIDATE …
Rugby League Immortals
PUNTER’S CHANCE
4 things you must not miss
The Round Seven Rule
Offbeat? Welcome to the club
Roy Masters
HOT SHOT
Three's A CLOWDER • Gary Ablett’s back, and Geelong has an entire wing of the hall of fame located in its midfield this season. It’s rare in AFL history that a combination of Ablett, Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood gets together. And even more intriguing: can this supergroup make music together?
HOT SHOT
THE CORE OF NORMAN • WITH ONE PHOTO, COREY NORMAN BECAME ANOTHER NOTORIOUS RUGBY LEAGUE TALE. BUT THE PARRAMATTA PLAYMAKER HAS ANOTHER STORY TO TELL: OF THE TOUGH ROAD TO THE NRL, THE HITS YOU TAKE WHEN YOU’RE THERE, AND PERHAPS THE SCARIEST PART OF ALL – WHAT COMES AFTER …
Kevin De Bruyne
THE THROUGH LINE • WE’VE HEARD IT BEFORE: A CHAMPION TEAM BEATS A TEAM OF CHAMPIONS. AND YET, ALL OF SPORT IS FOCUSED ON ANALYSING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE RATHER THAN THE LINKAGES BETWEEN PLAYERS. ONE COMPANY HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA.
LIKE LIGHTNING • This month, the Sunshine Coast Lightning begins its campaign for back-to-back Super Netball titles. That the new organisation became champions in its first-ever season said as much about the local community’s buy-in as the magic that transpired on the court.
KIM GREEN • THE TWO-TIME WORLD CUP WINNER AND INSPIRATIONAL AUSTRALIAN NETBALL STALWART DISCUSSES INJURY RECOVERY, AND HOW GIANTS NETBALL CAN GO ONE BETTER AND TAKE OUT THIS YEAR’S SUPER NETBALL TITLE.
TRUST & PROCEED • Brett Brown was handed one of the toughest, and oddest, challenges that any first-time NBA coach has had to face. But the twists and turns of his team’s rebuilding process could hardly match those of his own coaching journey, taking him from one side of the world to the other – and establishing a next-generational link that could only be called fate.
GET TIGER-STRONG • WITH RICHMOND S&C COACH LUKE MEEHAN
BUY BETTER
EAT BETTER
MATT CLEARY • A stalwart contributor to Inside Sport who has covered a variety of sports for the magazine, Matt Cleary turned to one of his hardcore sporting passions for his first book, A Short History Of Golf.
HARD MAN • A LIFE IN FOOTBALL
HOT SHOT
Stephen Larkham