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Arina Rodionova has unloaded on Tennis Australia, claiming a personal vendetta cost her a wildcard into her home grand slam despite being the nation’s top-ranked women’s player. Rodionova suffered a straight-sets first-round loss in Australian Open qualifying on Tuesday, then accused the governing body of… Read More »‘Just don’t like me’: Aussie No.1 whacks TA, claims vendetta over AO wildcard snub after losing qualifier

Steve Smith’s surprise switch to opener in the Australian Test team is all but locked in but the selectors could still keep fans and the West Indies guessing when they announce their squad on Wednesday. The panel of selection chief George Bailey, Tony Dodemaide and… Read More »Smith’s shock opener switch all but locked in as ‘perfect scenario’ looms with Green back to middle order

New Dolphins prop Thomas Flegler ditched Brisbane to play under Wayne Bennett and join three former Melbourne heroes who he intends to learn plenty from. Prop Thomas Flegler has completed his first team training session with the Dolphins and revealed the four words from Wayne… Read More »Bennett’s four magic words that made Flegler a Dolphin

They are the manufactured openers adding weight to Cameron Green’s case for a Test recall. From Usman Khawaja to Bob Simpson, and the six other men who have moved from Australia’s middle-order to become regular openers in the past 70 years, all but one has… Read More »‘In Green’s favour’ – history shows manufactured openers work for Australia