Academic endeavour, sporting excellence and leadership made Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop one of the University of Melbourne’s most revered rugby players, write Rod Warnecke and David Scott. And it is these qualities that are inspiring the rugby stars of the future.

Since Sydney and Melbourne University Boat Clubs contain some of the nation’s finest athletes, the competition for selection was fierce. It is a great honour for athletes to be selected. Not only will they have the weight of expectation from their teammates, but also the pride of their universities and states are at stake.

Crews from the Melbourne University Boat Club (MUBC) have beaten teams from Oxford University as well as from Korea and Japan to win the STX Korean Universities Cup. By Zoe Nikakis.

As sporting enthusiasts are looking forward to London’s Olympic Games next year, and looking back at yesteryear’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi, you could easily be forgiven for thinking that 2011 was bereft of any major athletic sporting games. Laura Soderlind reports.

A true champion in many ways, James D’Alfonso has engineered the perfect balance between endurance, sprint and distance. Lyn Toh reports.