Gold Coast Suns midfielder Michael Barlow suffered the strangest injury of his career this season, when his eye literally would not shut. His career was at a crossroads. So guess who just got selected for this weekend's match against the Lions?

Having chosen basketball over footy and battled Jayson Tatum for a world title, Tom Wilson was recruited to US college hoops by an iconic coach. But a few twists later, he's hoping to make the NBA via the Sydney Kings.

He had the six year rehab, the fanfare around his return, then the miraculous win in his first match back. Now Alex Johnson has got something he's craved even more. Normality.

When your mum drives 50-tonne trucks in a remote mining town, you grow up fast. This is how Arianna Clarke escaped a tough life and found something more valuable than gold.