Australia’s ‘Moneyball’: Finding the next big thing in footy
By The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
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Finals in Australia’s major sporting codes are in full swing. And six weeks after the AFL grand final is played, the other biggest show of the year - the men’s, and women’s, draft - begins. But the work to find the next big thing starts years earlier, (https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-winning-formula-do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-the-next-footy-star-20260807-p60m9f.html?utm_source=omny&utm_medium=podcast_notes&utm_campaign=the_morning_edition&utm_content=&utm_term=newsroom) when scouts hunt for teenagers who possess unusual qualities. I’m Samantha Selinger-Morris, and you’re listening to The Morning Edition, from The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. Today, explainer reporter Madeleine Heffernan and sports reporter Peter Ryan, on the making of a sports star. Further reading: • 'The winning formula: Do you have what it takes to be the next footy star?' (about:invalid#zCSafez) The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with t
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