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ED Cowan attended the prestigious Cranbrook School, has a book published and is an investment bank analyst.

ED COWAN had every intention of being at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day - but it was to sink a few schooners at a mate's buck's outing rather than make his Test debut for Australia

As Australia prepares to kick-start summer with the first cricket Test in Brisbane tomorrow, The Daily Telegraph can reveal the captain of our commentary team is still among the most loved personalities in world entertainment.

The John Mitchell-coached Golden Lions side outplayed the Sharks 42-16 in the 2011 Currie Cup final for their first home win in a final in 61 years.

THE DIFFERENCE
GEELONG went into the Grand Final as favourite for a good reason: its players were simply in better individual form.
There was no doubting Collingwood's talent, game plan, hunger or mental toughness.

The health of players could determine this year's premiership
CLASS, a strong game plan, mental strength.
They're all important factors if you want to mould a premiership team. But having reached a Grand Final, you'd expect both teams to have these qualities.

IN THE classic children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar the caterpillar binges on chocolate cake, ice cream, a pickle, Swiss cheese, salami, a lollipop, cherry pie, sausage, a cupcake and a watermelon slice.

I WOULD suggest that 90% of the strategy for this afternoon's final between Geelong and West Coast is already set in stone.

What intelligence a forward scout would have picked up about Carlton from watching Sunday's final against Essendon
UNDOUBTEDLY the quiet achievers of each club's vast football department are the forward scouts.

It's not possible to stay the champion team forever, but it is possible to find a way to get yourself quickly back in contention.

AS A coach I was never a fan of many of the rule changes. I felt they were unnecessary and knee-jerk reactions to trends in the game.
Equally, many didn't achieve their objectives and without question they made umpiring our game an incredibly difficult job.

MY thoughts on the rules were galvanised after recently watching a State-of-Origin match between Western Australia and Victoria from the late '80s.

I HAD an interesting discussion with a Richmond supporter earlier this week.
This fan wasn't interested in the gulf that exists between football's haves and the have nots. He just wanted to know how Richmond could possibly be so bad for so long.

SOMETIMES the answer to your problems is so obvious that you overlook it because you think it can't be that simple.
In my view that is what is happening at the Melbourne Football Club.

Roosy's analysis of how the Collingwood game plan has evolved over the past few seasons

By Josh Massoud

He has built stockbroking empires, only to watch them crumble overnight. He has done hard time in US prisons for corporate fraud.

By Andrew Johns

St George Illawarra has lost premiership favouritism with the bookies for the first time since early last season, with Melbourne Storm now the best backed to take out this year’s title.

Collingwood, and Nathan Buckley, deserve praise for having the courage to attempt a coaching succession plan
WHY does Mick Malthouse get continually asked whether he will be at Collingwood next year?
The reason is simple: because Mick did not voluntarily step down as coach.

THE last game of football I saw before arriving at the Junction Oval to join Fitzroy under-19s was the 1979 Grand Final.I was there when my beloved Blues beat the Magpies and saw one of my heroes, Wayne Harmes, legally knock the ball back to Ken Sheldon for a game-turning goal.

By Andrew Johns

The great pity about the events that led to Mal Meninga’s article last weekend is that they were all played out in the media.