Box clever: Wallabies say accuracy and urgency keys to combatting All Blacks’ aerial dominance

The Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 11, 2026

Like them or loathe them, contestable kicks are now a major factor in winning Test matches. And New Zealand convincingly won the battle in the skies at Eden Park.

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Five-second penalty for Payne after 'aggressive move'

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This athletics great says the Melbourne Marathon track was the ‘best ever’

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Andrew Wu runs the Melbourne Marathon

Oct 11, 2026

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The Age sport reporter Andrew Wu checks in from the start and finish line of the Melbourne Marathon.

Bathurst 1000 gets underway as Morris spins

Oct 11, 2026

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Multiple Carlton players in hospital after complications from allegedly taking recreational drugs

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Multiple Carlton players in hospital after complications from allegedly taking recreational drugs

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Bates second in Bathurst 1000: Can Canberra young gun win for his late mum?

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Wallabies' injuries pile up after Bledisloe loss

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