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Scott Pendlebury is chasing history

SCOTT PENDLEBURY IS navigating traffic in Melbourne’s St Kilda when Men’s Health catches up with him. It’s a glorious 31 degrees in mid-February and Pendlebury has been up since the crack of dawn to do some coaching, before returning to his home in Sandringham, to...

Will Ashcroft is built for the big moments

BY THE TIME the final siren sounds at the MCG to end the 2025 AFL Grand Final, the result hasn’t been in doubt for some time. A third-quarter surge saw the Brisbane Lions run out to a comfortable 47-point victory over Geelong, but that doesn’t make the roar any less...

The new shape of Ed Sheeran

The new shape of Ed Sheeran

I’M STOOD IN the immigration queue at Düsseldorf airport, here to attend the Ed Sheeran Mathematics tour, one of the last stops in what has been an epic four-year journey for the 34-year-old. Selling 8.8 million tickets across 188 dates, it has become the...

Max Jorgensen means business

FOR A LONG MOMENT, we all felt the kind of heart-in-mouth tension that, as Australian rugby fans, we had almost forgotten how to feel. With the Wallabies trailing England by two points deep into extra time at Twickenham in late 2024, the men in green and gold needed a...

Max Jorgensen means business

Max Jorgensen means business

Max Jorgensen was 20 years old, with the weight of a nation on his shoulders, when he scored the try that restarted Australian rugby’s heartbeat. Now, as the Wallabies rise from the ashes and a World Cup on home soil looms, he stands at the centre of a new golden era.

Jy Simpkin
Jy Simpkin and the price of victory

Jy Simpkin and the price of victory

Since becoming captain at North Melbourne, Jy Simpkin has transitioned from a roaming midfielder to a half-forward flank, revamped his mental strategy and gone to great lengths to become a better leader. None of it has brought the Kangaroos much closer to playing finals footy. What it has done is instil a sense of hunger at the club, make Simpkin a better man and, for the first time in his career, give him reason to believe his all-consuming pursuit of glory will soon pay off

David Beckham
David Beckham: this is 50

David Beckham: this is 50

David Beckham is entering life’s second half, and he’s still in elite shape – physically and mentally. How does he do it? Working out daily (preferably with his wife, Victoria), tending to his garden, and feasting on jellied eels