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Malcolm Knox

Malcolm Knox

Malcolm Knox is a journalist, author and columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Sea Eagles player Daly Cherry-Evans is about to play his 350th game of NRL in Sydney. 20 August 2025 Photo: Janie Barrett

DCE is a rugby league great. The end

The break-up with the Sea Eagles has been messy, but however you cut it, the Manly number 7 is a champion.

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Hey, Scott Farquhar, this is the future. Can I have a word?

Mr Farquhar, we’re interested in your views on fair use of other people’s property, and we’ve found an exciting new use for one of yours.

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Daly Cherry-Evans shows his age during Try July.

Old man shouting at … well, just about everything

Over-the-top try celebrations, high-fives after a knock-on, Sweet Caroline and hair-dos from GQ magazine. Just stop it, rugby league.

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Swimmer Mark Morgan in 1980 – before his decision to boycott the Moscow Olympics.

What if Putin hosted the Olympics today? Would we hesitate to boycott?

Australia has “welcomed home” athletes who were shunned for competing in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, but Mark Morgan was among competitors who boycotted those Games. Let’s not pretend we can “fix” a complicated history.

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Alex Johnston

Alex Johnston is about to become rugby league’s Don Bradman

The South Sydney winger is on course to break Ken Irvine’s mythical mark of 212 career tries – the league equivalent of Bradman’s 99.94 Test average.

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Once Labor’s great white hope, Latham’s now just a black Mark

Just over 20 years ago, he almost became prime minister. How did that happen?

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Shouting about it

AFL turned a lame attempt at humour into a death threat

Abuse of coaches, players, or anyone else is unacceptable but the five-year ban of fan for a “death threat” only sent a mangled message.

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Billy Slater.

Decider squeezed 45 years of Origin tropes into one 80-minute package

Before their home crowd, the Blues were so confident that they could even afford a couple of early mistakes. Then something happened. Queensland happened.

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Erin Patterson has been accused of having a public and private face.

Why our mushroom murder trial fixation is a sign of hope

The public preoccupation with the trial of Erin Patterson shows that we still want to sort facts from falsehoods. That’s a good thing.

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Rude customers? Retail review gives us one star, at best

The customer is not always right. If you missed it, there’s a law against abusing retail staff. What’s become of the social order?

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