Sports Portfolio: Shaun Timmins gets smashed during the first State of Origin Rugby League match between New South Wales and Queensland in Brisbane.

Sports Portfolio: The Scottish rugby team get the feel of Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, before their World Cup match against England.

Sports Portfolio: The women's Australian rowing team train in Sydney before heading off to the World Championships in Italy.

Sports Portfolio: World Cup cycling event in Bankstown, Australia.

Sports Portfolio: At Australia's National Lifesaving Championships, competitors in the men's double ski race make their way through the breakers.

Sports Portfolio: Stirling Morlock (Australia) dives to score against Namibia during the Rugby World Cup in Adelaide, Australia.

Sports Portfolio: An exhausted competitor collapses after finishing his leg of the taplin relay during a surf carnival at Surfers Paradise, Queensland.

Sports Portfolio: Anthony Mundine (Australia) erupts after defeating Antwun Echols (US) to win a boxing world title.

Sports Portfolio: Nicholas Fernandez trains for the New South Wales Ice-skating Championships at the Penrith Ice Palace.

Sports Portfolio: Australian diver Loudy Tourkey practices at the Sydney Aquatic Centre.

Sports Portfolio: Competitors head towards the finish line during the Sydney Morning Herald half-marathon.

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