I have always believed that it is the job of selectors to unearth champions, not pick those who make up the numbers.

As 104 yachts prepare to battle for the biggest title in Australian sailing, we unpack some of the quirks of the Boxing Day challenge.

Pat Cummins believes Sam Konstas’ youth will help him on the biggest possible Test debut stage. Cummins should know. He was the previous teenage Test debutant for Australia, 13 years ago.

After a tour in which the visiting Indian team has had to monitor crowd numbers at training including when about 5000 supporters turned up in Adelaide, there was a different mood at the MCG nets ahead of Boxing Day.

Anna Meares oversaw Australia's most successful Olympic campaign in Paris. Now, the chef de mission could be the inspiration Comanche needs to avenge last year's heartbreaking Sydney to Hobart loss.