Playing without a number of its experienced stars for the first time, a new-look Kangaroos side suffers a surprise loss 26-24 to New Zealand in Auckland.

Isabelle Kelly fires the Australian Jillaroos to a thrilling 26-24 win over New Zealand in their women's rugby league Test at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.

Australia's richest horse race, The Everest, is won by Redzel for a second consecutive year following a week of controversy surrounding the projection of its barrier draw on Sydney's Opera House.

Nearly 50 years to the day he stunned Kenya's Wilson Kiprugut for the 800m title at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Ralph Doubell tells The Ticket that he got into athletics for the free travel.

Hawthorn midfielder Tom Mitchell wins the 2018 Brownlow Medal, edging out surprise contender Steele Sidebottom of Collingwood.