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...
WHEN I ARRIVE on the set of Harry Garside’s cover shoot with Men’s Health at a studio in Sydney’s Botany, the first thing I see is Garside throwing jabs into the morning air. He’s light on his feet, gliding across the floor as if an invisible opponent is circling him....
LEGENDARY AMERICAN FOOTBALL coach Vince Lombardi, for whom the Super Bowl trophy is named, once said that “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder and give more than anyone else.” In sport, victory comes at a price. Jy Simpkin, captain of the North...
KHANH ONG IS THE type of person that lights up a room when he walks in. He’s bright, earnest and unflinchingly honest. When I meet him, he’s posted up in his modern Melbourne apartment, surrounded by contemporary décor and what I assume, given his love of cooking, to...
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.
Harry Garside has built a career on challenging what it means to be an athlete and a man. Now at a crossroads, the 28-year-old Ninja ambassador is unsure what will come next – just don’t expect him to follow the rules
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
Khanh Ong once believed that the kind of strength celebrated in mastheads like this one wasn’t for people like him. In his journey from refugee to reality star, amateur cook to restaurateur, fitness dilettante to Men’s Health cover guy, he’s learned that being strong is less about fitting moulds than it is about breaking them
