Interviews

Matthew Elliott

ARTICLES, Interviews
  Matthew Elliott once threatened to become a Colossus of world batting, at his best a towering presence at the crease: tall, powerful, with invulnerable technique and a devastating array…

Mick Malthouse

ARTICLES, Interviews
  I’ll miss the Malthouse theatre. No, this is not to announce the demise of Melbourne’s landmark ham factory, but rather to lament the departure of another institution of the…

Nick Moloney

ARTICLES, Interviews
Sixteen years ago, Nick Moloney slept in containers on docks in Europe. As a professional sailor, if he’s not winning, he could wind up back there. But currently Moloney’s status…

Ron Barassi

ARTICLES, Interviews
Is there a more recognisable face in Australian sport than Ron Barassi’s? Was there ever a more fitting high priest for the hot gospel of Australian Rules? When he was…

David Rhys-Jones

ARTICLES, Interviews
Role models? Turn it up! There’s two types of people. There’s Aussie heroes, and there’s wankers mate. You don’t have to let champion status get in the way of being…

 Steve Waugh

ARTICLES, Interviews
The figures say he was the greatest Test captain of all. Yes, he presided over a team so great at its best, on so many levels, it’s difficult to imagine…

Strauchnie

ARTICLES, Interviews
The words “elite” and “Strauchanie” sit together, like “Mike Tyson” and “role-model.” Bryan Strauchan, self-proclaimed “superstar”, has overcome a debilitating “peanut analogy” to become – what he is today: an…

Stephen Bradbury

ARTICLES, Interviews
With his radically arched eyebrows and his hair standing stiffly on end, he has a look of permanent surprise, as though he’s spent a lifetime preparing his face for what…