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EDITOR'S LETTER
20 things you might’ve missed
Freeze Frame
Rugby league’s magical month
Winton is Kelly country
Nine rule changes for 2019 • ARTICLE COURTESY OF FOXSPORTS.COM.AU
PUNTERS CHANCE
Life in the Super League • Super League is often seen as the NRL’s ugly cousin, but the English competition has lots to offer: from outstanding atmosphere, warm beer, ancient stadia and Gallic flair. Don’t knock it unless you’ve tried it.
4 things you must not miss
Clubbies’ Top 100
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Graham Arnold as Socceroos coach • Was Graham Arnold given a dud hand at the 2019 Asian Cup, and therefore deserves more time, or should he never have been given the reins to the Socceroos?
2019 AFL Season
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HEADLINE acts • Victory and defeat, success and failure come and go, but stories are forever. What sustains AFL football, more than any other sport in this country, is the fascination of its stories: its cult figures, its urban myths, its characters, its dramas and its popular legends. This season will have its fair store of stories. Here are ten of the more intriguing ones.
DAYNE ZORKO • It’s been a decade since the Brisbane Lions last competed in the AFL finals. Here, their captain explains how his team can hurt sides this season.
TEAM PREVIEWS • Inside Sport never shies away from making brave predictions at the start of each footy season about what’s to come across the campaign ahead. In this tradition, here’s our crystal ball look at how your club’s fortunes are stacking up for 2019.
HURT SO GOOD • Rather than mope in the aftermath of another finals campaign to end in heartbreak, the resurgent, rebuilding Geelong Cats took a long, hard look at themselves over the off-season. The club reckons its fans will like what they see at Kardinia in 2019.
FREE SOLO • American rock climber Alex Honnold recently took on a 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. National Geographic made an Oscar-winning documentary about his preparation. Here, Honnold shares with Inside Sport how he goes about such a thrilling endeavour … sans support ropes or any other type of safety gear.
CALEB EWAN • Known for his uniquely low sprinting position, Caleb Ewan is Australia’s fastest road cyclist and matches some of the world’s most decorated sprinters despite being only 24 years old.
THAT'S Des • There’s only one Des Hasler. Some players, fearful of his gruelling and innovative training techniques, are glad of that. The rest would bleed for him; they’re happy he’s back at Manly.
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