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Manly Sea Eagles player split, Manly seven, Pride jersey, Round 21, Des Hasler, Daly Cherry-Evans

Manly Sea Eagles player split, Manly seven, Pride jersey, Round 21, Des Hasler, Daly Cherry-Evans

There is reportedly a divide in the Manly dressing room between the players who played in the Pride jersey and the seven stars who boycotted their crucial loss to the Roosters.

The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield believes there is a lingering resentment between the players that played and those that chose to put their beliefs ahead of the team’s final aspirations.

“I think there is a split,” Rothfield said of the playing group on NRL 360.

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“I think the players that took the field cannot understand why the other seven didn’t.

“I think the meeting yesterday cleared it up a little bit, but you can’t repair a split of this magnitude with a bandaid in a 45 minute meeting.

“I think when something as drastic as this happens when seven men pull out of a finals crunch match over a view and an opinion and the other guys are totally on the opposite side.

“They put their views and opinions ahead of a finals berth almost.”

Paul Kent also believes there is a split between the Manly seven and the owner who incorrectly said they would backflip on their stance in time for next season.

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Daly Cherry-Evans and DesHasler.Source: News Corp Australia

“What about the owner coming out and saying the players had gone back on what they originally intended, which they have heavily refuted,” Kent said.

Braith Anasta agreed with Rothfield that as a player he would be frustrated with the seven players who put their beliefs above a goal the team has worked for since pre-season in November.

“I agree with and I’m just thinking now as a player the majority of the playing group you train from November all the way through,” Anasta said.

“You put your body on the line every week. You put your heart and soul into it. You make sacrifices every single day.

“These players have got a few teammates who have made a different decision than the rest of the team and it can cause a divide and it seems to be that way.

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Jake Trbojevic and Manly players process the loss to the Roosters.Source: Getty Images

“It could derail their season. We spoke about it before the game that it could happen and it is possibly happening right now.

“There are no winners and losers here. The fact is it doesn’t matter what they are arguing over or have a split of opinion over. It can cause a divide and it seems to be causing a divide.”

The Daily Telegraph’s Dean Ritchie has no doubt there is a rift between the seven players and the rest of the squad and it will take time to heal the wounds of the last week.

“There is divisions at Manly and anyone who tells you there is not telling a fib,” Ritchie said on The Big Sports Breakfast.

“The players that played were dirty on the players that didn’t play.

Sea Eagles players at training.Source: News Corp Australia

“They are trying to sort it out and understand each other’s religious beliefs and views, but there is a division there.

“You speak to one player and he will say we can move forward from this and you speak to others who say this is going to take a lot longer.”

Laurie Daley questioned how both sides of the split can come together with no common ground on the issue.

“You have got two parties that don’t agree and you talk about finding common ground, but where is the common ground in this?” Daley said.

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“There is no giving,” Ritchie replied.

“Both sides are quite staunch in their views. The players are dirty the others didn’t play and the seven players are saying, we are not backing down.

“To be fair to them they have been staunch from the beginning and have stuck tight through a lot of criticism, so they are not clearly going to apologize.

“I don’t know how one meeting is going to fix this problem at Manly.”

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Commuters explode at anti-abortion preacher on Sydney train

Commuters explode at anti-abortion preacher on Sydney train

Footage of an American anti-abortion preacher being told to “shut up” by passengers on a packed Sydney train has gone viral online.

The three-minute clip, originally filmed in 2019, resurfaced again on Reddit this week where it has racked up tens of thousands of views.

Phillip Blair from Torch of Christ Ministries boarded the busy train at Martin Place on a Monday morning and began reading bemused commuters in the crammed space.

“Hello Sydney, allow me three minutes of your time if you don’t mind – I’m not here to offend anyone, I’m here to give you hope,” he says.

“We care more about saving the whales than we care about saving our unborn children.”

An argument is sparked when a man sitting nearby reading his book interrupts Mr Blair asking him to stop.

“Thanks, mate – thank you,” the man says.

“No, I’m not going to stop because I love you that much,” Mr Blair replies.

“You have no more right than anyone else on this bus [sic]just shut up,” the man says.

“Yeah, shut up,” another man standing up says.

Mr Blair continues preaching about Jesus Christ, before the man sitting down yells at him again.

“If you asked for our time we have the right to say no, we’re not giving it to you,” he says. “Why won’t you just shut up?”

“Because I love you that much,” Mr Blair replies. “Suddenly Sydney for your sin. Suddenly before it’s too late. There is power in the name of Jesus to save your life.”

The man tells the preacher, “I’m not forcing my opinion on everyone in this train, so why don’t you just take your opinion and keep it to yourself?”

“It’s not an opinion it’s the truth,” Mr Blair says.

He continues ranting to the passengers about sin.

Asked why he won’t keep his opinion to himself, Mr Blair replies, “Because I care about your soul. I love you.”

“I don’t care if you love me! I don’t know you,” the man replies.

“It’s a selfish world and you need to repent,” Mr Blair says.

“Who’s the selfish one here mate?” the passenger says.

“Who’s the one who won’t shut up with their opinion? How selfish is that? You’re the selfish one because you won’t shut up. Can you not see that? You’re forcing your opinion on everyone in this train. We are asking you to shut the f**k up.”

The train then erupts with cheers.

A woman chimes in towards the end of the video, “Shut up, you sound like such ad***head.”

In the video intro, Mr Blair wrote, “I always do my best to show godly love. Hearts in Australia have become hardened in a way I’ve never seen. My soul was very grieved by what happened on this train.”

The preacher received a similarly frosty reception from Sydneysiders in other videos filmed around the CBD.

Malcolm Frawley, the passenger dubbed “book man”, later spoke to The Project to reveal why he felt the need to stand up to Mr Blair.

“I think the trigger for me was hearing this loud voice start to talk about our unborn children,” Mr Frawley said.

“And I wondered whether there might be some women in that carriage who might not be interested in a conversation about unborn children that was being conducted by a man. But for me faith is a personal, maybe even private thing. If you or I wanted to sit down over a coffee or beer and discuss our beliefs that might be fine but I don’t want them inflicted on me, in public, when I’m trying to read a book.”

According to his YouTube channel, Mr Blair has since returned to the US.

In a recent video, Mr Blair says he has received a court attendance notice for preaching in Times Square, New York.

World reacts to footage of Aussies confronting US preacher

Viewers were quick to condemn the preacher for his actions as the footage went viral on the hugely popular ‘PublicFreakout’ Reddit thread this week.

“An American preaching to Aussies how to live a good life in a society that is 1000x fairer, safer, happier and better than any American society,” observed one man.

“Aussies don’t call themselves Christians but they happen to live by Christian principles of charity, compassion and acceptance. The complete opposite of most American Christians.”

“He knows that on the street people can decide whether or not they can listen to his crap. On the train they don’t have a choice – they are basically his hostages,” added another.

“He’s dripping with American exceptionalism. The entitlement of thinking you can go to foreign lands and preach to a captive audience. All while ignoring local customs.” he wrote a third.

Others praised the commuter reading a book for his no-nonsense response to the preacher, affectionately dubbing him “Australian George Lucas.”

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Johnny Depp suffers from erectile dysfunction, court documents claim

Johnny Depp suffers from erectile dysfunction, court documents claim

Johnny Depp suffers from erectile dysfunction, attorneys for Amber Heard claimed in newly unsealed court documents.

The actress’ legal team argued in a March 28 filing, obtained by Page Sixthat the purported medical malady may have contributed to her ex-husband’s allegedly violent behaviour.

“Though Mr. Depp would rather not disclose his erectile dysfunction condition, such condition absolutely is relevant to sexual violence, including Mr. Depp’s anger and use of a bottle to rape Amber Heard,” the documents alleged.

Depp has consistently denied Heard’s allegations of rape and violence.

Heard’s lawyers went on to claim that Depp’s supposed penile problem would make it “more probable” that he would become “angry or agitated” in encounters with the Aquaman star and cause him to “resort to a bottle.”

In May, Heard, 36, broke down in tears during the former couple’s defamation trial as she testified that the Pirates of the Caribbean star, 59, allegedly raped her with a liquor bottle and threatened to “carve up” her face with it during a March 2015 altercation.

“I didn’t know if the bottle he had inside me was broken,” she said, breathing heavily as she held back tears. “I couldn’t feel it. I couldn’t feel anything.”

According to the court documents, the alleged incident occurred in Australia during the same fight that left Depp with a severed finger — something he claimed on the stand happened when Heard flung a vodka bottle at him. The two had only gotten married a month earlier.

During a cross-examination, Depp’s lawyer grilled Heard about the alleged sexual assault, for which the Justice League star admitted she did not seek medical attention.

“As I have always said, I don’t remember exactly what happened first, or the sequence,” she said.

The unsealed documents also revealed text message exchanges between Depp and Marilyn Manson — who similarly has been accused of and denied sexual abuse — as well as the Edward Scissorhands star’s attempt to bring up his ex-wife’s “brief stint as an exotic dancer” at trial.

The jury ultimately awarded Depp $15 million ($A21.35 million) over claims he was defamed by a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which Heard made allegations of sexual violence. She was awarded $2 million ($A2.85 million) over her claims that Depp’s lawyer had made false and damaging comments about her.

Depp’s team did not immediately respond to Page Six‘s request for comment on the erectile dysfunction allegation.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.

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Commonwealth Games live: Kyle Chalmers, Kaylee McKeown, Emma McKeon lead another golden morning for Australian in Birmingham pool

Commonwealth Games live: Kyle Chalmers, Kaylee McKeown, Emma McKeon lead another golden morning for Australian in Birmingham pool

Emma McKeon joins Kyle Chalmers, Kaylee McKeown, Matt Levy and the men’s 4x200m relay team as gold medalist on day four of the Commonwealth Games.

She led an Australian 1-2 in the 50m butterfly with Holly Barratt, and qualified fastest for the 100m freestyle final, alongside Shayna Jack and Mollie O’Callaghan.

Earlier, Kyle Chalmers won gold in the men’s 100m freestyle, saying all the outside noise made it “hard to enjoy the moment”.

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3×3 basketball: Aussies to play for bronze

A little earlier, Australia’s women’s 3×3 basketball team lost their semi-final against England 21-15.

That means Australia will face off against New Zealand, who lost to Canada in their semi, for the bronze.

That game is at 1.30am AEST tomorrow.

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That wraps up the swimming program for this morning

Mack Horton is congratulated in the pool as his relay teammates celebrate.
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To recap, five gold and two silver medals

Kaylee McKeown picked up one of each, with gold in the 200m backstroke and silver in the 200m individual medley less than an hour later.

Kyle Chalmer started the morning with gold in the 100m freestyle, while Emma McKeon continued her golden Games by winning the 50m butterfly final just ahead of teammate Holly Barratt.

We also saw Matt Levy win gold in the 50m freestyle S7 to cap off his remarkable career, and then the men’s 4x200m freestyle team brought it home in a romp.

By Kelsie Iorio

Hockey: Australia up 4-1 over New Zealand just before half-time

It’s still only the second quarter but Australia’s dominant performance is continuing in this pool match against the Kiwis.

Jake Whitton, Jacob Anderson and Blake Govers have put points on the board so far. We’ll keep you updated.

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Boxing: Billy McAllister out after fight called early

This is… quite gross.

Billy McAllister was progressing well in his match against Jerone Ennis but a nasty hit has opened up basically his entire eyebrow and ended the fight early.

It means the Jamaican takes the win.

They keep showing close-ups of it. I feel ill now.

There’s a photo of it coming up.

Fair warning.

If you keep scrolling…

…you’re gonna see it.

OKAY?

OKAY.

Australian boxer Billy McAllister with a wide cut on his left eyebrow.
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🥇 Swimming: Australia wins the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay final with a Games record

Elijah Winnington, Flynn Southam, Zac Incerti and Mack Horton hit the water for the Aussie team.

The second leg from 17-year-old Southam was particularly impressive, seeing off a big challenge from South African great Chad le Clos and giving Incerti a body-length lead over Wales as he started the penultimate leg.

He turned that into an almost four-second lead over England by the time he handed over to Horton for the anchor and he powered home in a Commonwealth Games record time of 7:04.96.

English anchor swimmer Tom Dean got out of the pool before the final swimmer from Gibraltar had finished, but the English will keep their silver medal. Wales got bronze.

By Jon Healey

Swimming: Three Australians reach women’s 100m breaststroke final

Chelsea Hodges, Jenna Strauch and Abbey Harkin will all swim in the final tomorrow, but they’ll have a massive job to track down South African duo Lara van Niekerk and Tatjana Schoenmaker, who qualified fastest.

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🥉 Judo: Bronze for both Katz brothers

Joshua and Nathan Katz have both won bronze in the 60kg and 66kg judo divisions respectively.

Josh defeated Simon Zulu of Zambia and Nathan got the win over India’s Jasleen Singh Saini in their bronze medal matches to lock in a podium finish for all three of our judo athletes today.

Fun fact: Team Australia has three lots of siblings on the team this Commonwealth Games! The Katz brothers, Madison and Teagan Levi in ​​the rugby sevens and badminton players Angela and Jack Yu.

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Weightlifting: Kiana Rose Elliott just misses out on medal

Kiana Rose Elliott has finished fourth in the women’s 71kg weightlifting final, falling short of a medal by just eight kilos.

England’s Sarah Davis has won gold with a total of 229kg, alexis ashworth of Canada got silver with 214kg and Indian Harkinder Kaur‘s 212kg secured her the bronze.

Kiana Rose finished with a total of 204kg — a 94kg snatch and 110kg clean and herk.

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🥇 Swimming: Emma McKeon wins another gold, Holly Barratt ties for silver in 50m butterfly

Emma McKeon wins her fourth gold medal of these Games, touching the wall in 25.90, which was 0.15 of a second ahead of compatriot Holly Barrattwho will share the silver medal podium with South Africa’s Erin Gallagher.

Hopefully they have two medals and don’t have to share that too, like some sort of Sisterhood of the Traveling P(end)ants.

Alex Perkins was fifth.

By Jon Healey

Swimming: No medals for Australia in the men’s 50m backstroke

Ben Armbruster and Bradley Woodward pushed all the way, but couldn’t rein in the top three, with Andrew Jeffcoat winning for New Zealand, with South Africa’s Pieter Coetze winning silver and Javier Acevedo of Canada touching 0.11 of a second ahead of Woodward for bronze.

By Kelsie Iorio

Beach volleyball: Another win on the board for Australia

australian beach volleyballer chris mchugh jumps into the air gesturing towards a volleyball, another player prepares to receive the ball on the other side of the net
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Chris McHugh and Paul Burnett‘s winning streak continues in the beach volleyball pool match stage with another straight-sets victory, this time over South Africa.

Fellow Aussies Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar will also be looking to make it two from two in their second match — they face Trinidad and Tobago next.

You can catch that match from 11:30pm AEST tonight.

By Kelsie Iorio

Boxing: Charlie Senior loses on decision

two boxers in action throwing punches
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charlie senior‘s Birmingham journey has come to an end after losing on points to Canada’s Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh in the featherweight division.

The scorecard is so close but it just didn’t fall the way of the Aussie today.

We’ve got another Australian up in the ring in the next half an hour or so — Billy McAllister in the light heavyweight division, up against Jamaica’s Jerone Ennis.

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Swimming: Izzy Vincent and Ella Jones in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB6 final

Maisie Summers-Newton of England bossed the field in that one, winning gold by 10.57 seconds.

Izzy Vincent and Ella Jones were fifth and sixth.

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🥇 Swimming: Matt Levy successfully defends his 50m freestyle S7 title

Matt Levy had a slow start as he often does, but reeled in Christian Sadie of South Africa, and ends his glittering career in style.

So that’s nine gold medals at Paralympics, world championships and Commonwealth Games for this legend of the sport.

Seventeen-year-old Joel Mundie was sixth.

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🥇 Gymnastics: Another gold and a silver for Georgia Godwin

What a Games Georgia’s having!!

After snagging gold in the individual all-around final and silver in the team final, she’s added another gold on vault and to silver on uneven bars to her haul.

georgia godwin stands on podium with silver medal and small mascot toy
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Teammates Emily Whitehead and kate mcdonald finished eighth and seventh on vault and one bars respectively.

In the men’s apparatus finals, Clay Mason Stephens you have finished seventh on floor and Jesse Moore came sixth on pommel.

The artistic gymnastics isn’t quite done yet. We still have James Bacuetti in the final vault, Tyson Bull and Mitchell Morgan on parallel bars, Godwin and McDonald on beam, Moore and Morgans on horizontal bar and Whitehead and Romi Brown on floor. Tune in tonight!

By Jon Healey

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🥈 Swimming: Kaylee McKeown wins silver in 200m individual medley final

Kaylee McKeown had to rush away after picking up her 200m backstroke gold to prepare for this one.

Canadian 15-year-old Summer McIntosh wins the gold, adding to her 400m IM title.

was trailing after the butterfly and backstroke legs, but actually made up ground in the breaststroke to lead heading into the final 50 meters.

But then the freestyle pedigree of McIntosh came to the fore and she overran the Aussie to come home first in 2:08.70, not quite a second ahead of McKeown.

England’s Abbie Wood was third, with Aussies Abbey Harkin and Ella Ramsay fifth and eighth respectively.

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🥈 Weightlifting: Silver for Sarah Maureen Cochrane in women’s 64kg final

gold silver and bronze medalist weightlifters pose on podium with medals and mascots smiling
Getty: Al Bello

Huge result for Sarah Maureen Cochrane.

The 32-year-old finished with a total of 216kg — a couple of kilos off her total PB but enough to claim the silver.

She ended on a 100kg snatch and 116kg clean and jerk.

canada’s Maude Charron won gold with a staggering 231 total — 101kg snatch and 130kg clean and jerk. Islamiyat Adebukola Yusuf of Nigeria took the bronze.

Fun fact: Sarah is a certified practicing speech pathologist. What a legend.

By Jon Healey

Swimming: Cody Simpson, Matt Temple reach 100m butterfly final

This is the event Kyle Chalmers pulled out of so he could focus on the 100m freestyle final.

Temple stormed home in his semi in 51.52 and goes into the final as the fastest qualifier.

Cody Simpson finished third in the second semi (fifth fastest qualifier) ​​so they’ll both be in the final.

Seven-time Comm Games gold medalist Chad le Clos looks the man to beat, although Temple qualified slightly faster.

By Kelsie Iorio

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🥇 Lawn bowls: Gold for Ellen Ryan in the women’s singles!

Two women in green and gold tracksuits hold an Australian flag.
(AP)

A fantastic result for the 25-year-old!

She’s defeated Guernsey’s Lucy Beere 17 – 21 at Victoria Park to add another gold to Australia’s tally.

As the youngest member of the lawn bowls team, this is Ellen’s first Commonwealth Games — and what a way to debut.

We’ll see her again in the women’s pairs competition, which kicks off this afternoon (our time).

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Inside Ash Barty’s secret wedding to long-term love Garry Kissick

Inside Ash Barty's secret wedding to long-term love Garry Kissick

Ash Barty is notoriously secretive about her private life but pictures from her intimate Queensland wedding have pulled back the curtain.

The tennis great married her long-term love Garry Kissick in a private ceremony earlier this month, breaking the news on social media on Saturday night.

Captioned ‘Husband and wife’, the pair revealed little about the day they said ‘I do’.

Barty stunned in a Suzanne Harward-designed dress, whose gowns can cost upwards of $10,000.

The pair also tagged the Balter Brewing Company, suggesting the craft brewery provided refreshments for the evening.

Barty’s friends and family kept the news of the nuptials under wraps until the couple posted on social media.

Guests included Australian tennis stars Pat Rafter, Alicia Molik and Casey Dellacqua, according to the Courier Mail.

Kissick popped the question in November last year.

Barty revealed the happy news in an Instagram post, sharing a photo of the couple embracing with an engagement ring visible on her finger.

Barty has, for the most part, kept her relationship with Kissick relatively quiet.

The couple met at the Brookwater Golf Club in 2016. The sporting duo immediately clicked and went public with their relationship in 2017 when they attended the John Newcombe Awards together.

Kissick is an aspiring professional golfer, and works as the irrigation technician for the greens at the Brookwater Golf & Country Club in Brisbane.

The 29-year-old is a passionate Liverpool supporter and part of the PGA Trainee programme.

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AFL 2022: Gold Coast Suns defeat West Coast Eagles, Jai Culley elbow, video

AFL 2022: Gold Coast Suns defeat West Coast Eagles, Jai Culley elbow, video

The Gold Coast’s tenuous final hopes are alive and kicking – but only just – after enigmatic

key forward Mabior Chol helped the Suns claim a thrilling three-point win over West Coast

at Metricon Stadium on Sunday.

The Suns led by 31 points early in the fourth term after a Chol goal but the Eagles stormed

home, kicking the next five majors to close with two points from the home side.

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West Coast’s Jake Waterman had a kick to put the Eagles in front but hit the man on the

mark only to see the laconic Chol kick his career-high fifth goal soon after in his 50th senior

match.

The Eagles got within three points of the Suns with 38 seconds left after Waterman made

amends and kicked truly but a Malcolm Rosas goal put the four premiership points on ice.

Touk Miller and Noah Anderson were outstanding for the Suns in the midfield while Izak

Rankine kicked three goals for the home side while Jack Darling booted a bag of six goals for

the Eagles who were very well served by defending Tom Barrass.

The Suns are two wins outside the top eight with three games remaining in the season with

a 9-10 record, the second-best season returned for the Gold Coast since their inception.

The Eagles closed to within 13 points of the Suns on two occasions in the third term with

Darling taking his tally to four goals for the day in West Coast’s fightback.

The visitors kicked the first three goals after halftime until Anderson stopped the rot with a

lovely goal in traffic for the Gold Coast who enjoyed a 25-point advantage at the last change

after Chol kicked truly after the siren after a spectacular mark.

On the back of dominating inside 50 entries (33-17), clearances (23-14) and contested

possessions (69-53), the Suns took a commanding 30-point buffer into halftime.

Rankine had three goals to his name by the main break as the Gold Coast booted five goals

in each of the opening two quarters after a sloppy and sluggish start when the Eagles kicked

the opening two majors of the game.

The Suns were jolted into action and responded emphatically with the next five goals of the

match with Rankine’s showstopper from near the boundary line and Chol booting two goals

on the way to a 16-point cushion at quarter-time.

The Gold Coast continued on their merry way in the second term, extending their lead to as

much as 37 points with the Suns picking the West Coast backline apart with their glut of

possession and field position.

West Coast’s mid-season draft pick up Jai Culley may be having next weekend off. Culley

appeared to raise his right elbow and make high contact with Suns midfielder Noah

Anderson in the second quarter. The contact did not appear to be too severe as Anderson

played on but it was an ugly and completely unnecessary action for the 19-year-old who was

playing his third senior match for the Eagles.

He was subbed out of the game with a hamstring injury in the fourth term.

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Annemiek Van Vleuten wins Tour de France Femmes ahead of fellow Dutchwoman Demi Vollering

Annemiek Van Vleuten of the Netherlands is pictured in the yellow jersey, raising her arms aloft, after winning the Tour

Veteran rider Annemiek van Vleuten has won the historic, re-booted Tour de France Femmes on Sunday after clinching the eighth and final stage in style.

The 39-year-old won the stage for 30 seconds from Dutch countrywoman Demi Vollering, who also finished the race second overall.

Italian rider Silvia Persico was third in the stage, one minute and 43 seconds behind the winner.

In the overall standings, Movistar rider van Vleuten was three minutes and 48 seconds clear of Vollering (Team SD Worx) and six minutes and 35 seconds ahead of Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon–SRAM) in third spot.

Van Vleuten had just about enough energy to punch the air in delight when crossing the line after the 123-kilometre mountain stage in the Vosges mountains of eastern France.

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It featured two category-one climbs, the second ascent being the stage-ending trek up La Super Planche des Belles Filles, which finished with a daunting gradient of 23 per cent.

She entered the final stage with a lead of three minutes and 14 seconds over Vollering.

On Saturday’s penultimate stage, Van Vleuten rose from eighth overall to take the yellow jersey from Marianne Vos with more superb climbing in the Vosges.

Van Vleuten added this victory to a long list of achievements, including three Giro d’Italia Femminile titles, Olympic gold in the time trial and two world championship golds in the same discipline.

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Six years ago, her career was under threat after she sustained fractures to her spine and was placed in intensive care after crashing during the women’s Olympic road race at the Brazil Games.

Vos was among the favorites, but the three-time Giro d’Italia champion ended up in 26th place overall despite winning two stages.

The best placed Australian was Grace Brown, who finished 20th overall, riding with FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope.

Grace Brown of Australia poses for a photo in front of the Eiffel Tower with Cecile Uttrup Ludwig of Denmark
Grace Brown of Australia (FDJ-Suez Futuroscope) was the highest-placed Australian at the Tour de France Femmes 2022. (Getty Images: Dario Belingheri)

Fellow Australian Rachel Neylan finished 28th (Team Cofidis).

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Dean Boxall reacts to Ariarne Titmus, women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay, world record, time, video, highlights, latest

Dean Boxall reacts to Ariarne Titmus, women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay, world record, time, video, highlights, latest

Death, taxes and Dean Boxall providing box office reactions when Ariarne Titmus is in the pool.

The legendary coach endeared himself to the Australian public during the Tokyo Olympics last year when Titmus took home the gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle.

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As Titmus raced home and touched the wall first, Boxall channeled his inner ‘Ultimate Warrior’ from WWE and frightened a poor Tokyo official who had no idea what to do to keep Boxall in check.

And Boxall was back at it again at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, albeit nowhere near as wild as the Tokyo celebrations.

Boxall was watching the Australian’s women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay in which Titmus was competing alongside Madi Wilson, Mollie O’Callaghan and Kiah Melverton as Emma McKeon did not take part in the event.

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With Titmus winning the gold medal in the 200m individual freestyle event, the Aussies were always set to be a red-hot favorite going into the event.

Unsurprisingly, the girls in gold swimming caps delivered in spades as they set a time of 7:39:29, 12 seconds ahead of second-placed Canada while host nation England took home the bronze medal.

It was Titmus’ anchor split in particular that had Boxall going bonkers.

Titmus clocked 1:52:82 in a blistering spell that is also the fastest 200m freestyle relay split of all time.

It also helped Australia set a new world record for the event to truly assert their dominance.

Boxall, along with several others on social media, were left with their mouth agape at what had transpired.

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South Africa defeats England by 90 runs, Jos Buttler, record as captain, Matthew Mott, Tabraiz Shamsi, latest, updates

South Africa defeats England by 90 runs, Jos Buttler, record as captain, Matthew Mott, Tabraiz Shamsi, latest, updates

Tabraiz Shamsi’s maiden five-wicket Twenty20 international haul sealed South Africa’s 90-run thrashing of England on Sunday as the Proteas completed a 2-1 series win.

The 32-year-old left-arm wrist-spinner took 5-24 as England, set 192 for victory, collapsed to 101 all out with 20 balls to spare at Southampton after losing their last eight wickets for 49 runs.

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Earlier, in-form South Africa opener Reeza Hendricks hit 70 — his third fifty of the series — and Aiden Markram made an unbeaten 51 as the Proteas posted a competitive 191-5.

Recalled left-arm quick David Willey took 3-25.

Shamsi’s haul was all the more impressive given his expensive return of 0-49 in England’s series-opening win in Bristol.

But South Africa have been much improved in the field since that 41-run defeat and this win gave them a first T20 series success in England, as well as their first white-ball bilateral series victory in the country since 1998.

By contrast, defeat left England still searching for a first series win under new white-ball captain Jos Buttler following one-day international and T20 reverses against India and a drawn ODI campaign with the Proteas.

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Jonny Bairstow (27) was the only England batsman to make more than 20, but Buttler and white-ball coach Matthew Mott do have at least seven matches at this level scheduled in Pakistan in September in which to turn things around before the T20 World Cup in Australia.

England’s chase suffered an early setback when Buttler was out for 14, caught at short third man off spinner Keshav Maharaj.

The out-of-form Jason Roy fell for 17, caught behind off Anrich Nortje — in after South Africa decided against risking fellow fast bowler Kagiso Rabada’s injured ankle ahead of next month’s three-Test series in England.

And when Moeen Ali was brilliantly caught one-handed by a leaping Tristan Stubbs off part-time spinner Markram, the hosts were 59-4.

Shamsi then cleaned up Liam Livingstone before taking two wickets in two balls, with Sam Curran caught in the deep before Willey was clean bowled.

Jos Buttler is still yet to win a white-ball series as England skipper. (Photo by Steve Bardens / AFP)
Jos Buttler is still yet to win a white-ball series as England skipper. (Photo by Steve Bardens / AFP)Source: AFP

Chris Jordan survived the hat-trick only to be lbw to Shamsi. Adil Rashid holed out off Shamsi before Maharaj ended the match when he dismissed Bairstow with the aid of a catch by David Miller — a memorable way for the South Africa captain to finish his 100th T20 international.

England’s decision to recall Willey in place of Richard Gleeson reaped an early reward when he had potential danger man Quinton de Kock chopping onto his stumps for a three-ball duck.

But South Africa recovered, with the Proteas 53-1 at the end of the powerplay. Hendricks completed a 42-ball fifty and he then upped the tempo with three boundaries in a 16th over bowled by Curran.

He was eventually well caught by wicketkeeper Buttler off the expensive Jordan (1-52).

But Markram, back in South Africa’s T20 team for the first time since last year’s World Cup, having first provided solid support, went on to a 36-ball fifty before Miller chipped in with a quickfire 22.

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Stuart MacGill has alleged he was held captive and demands were made for money. Picture: A Current Affair

A lawyer for two brothers accused of being hired “muscle” in the alleged kidnapping of Stuart MacGill has told a court that the cricketing great was a regular cocaine user and “actively” involved in a drug deal central to the case.

Richard and Frederick Schaaf are awaiting trial over the alleged abduction of Mr MacGill from outside his home on Sydney’s lower north shore last year.

The pair on Monday appeared before the Supreme Court in an effort to be danced while they fight the charges.

Their barrister attacked Mr MacGill’s credibility, arguing that he went willingly with a group of men to an abandoned house in southwestern Sydney and said there was no physical evidence that he had been brutally assaulted.

Stuart MacGill has alleged he was abducted from outside his Cremorne home. Picture: Adam Yip/Daily TelegraphSource: News Corp Australia

The pair have pleaded not guilty to charges of take/detain in company with attempt to obtain advantage, with the matter expected to go to trial mid next year.

They were arrested along with four other men, including Mr MacGill’s de facto brother-in-law Marino Sotiropoulos, after the former Test spinner alleged that he was taken to a Bringelly property.

He has claimed that he was threatened with a gun, assaulted and demands were made for money over a drug deal gone wrong.

The court was told on Monday that Mr MacGill allegedly introduced Mr Sotiropoulos – the brother of his partner Maria O’Meagher – to a cocaine dealer.

Mr Sotiropoulos has since been charged with a supply of a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug and will stand trial alongside the Schaaf brothers.

Mr MacGill alleges that a group of men forced him into a car outside his home and confronted him after the drug deal ended in a “rip off”.

The two men watched from Bathurst Correctional Center on Monday as their barrister Avni Djemal argued they should be released on bail ahead of a trial next year.

Mr Djemal said there was evidence that Mr MacGill had willingly participated in a meeting at the Bringelly house and agreed to look at photos in a bid to identify the drug dealer.

Mr Djemal said Mr MacGill was released at Belmore and allowed to get into a cab.

Richard Schaaf has appeared before the Supreme Court in a bid to be released on bail. Pictures: Facebook.Source: Supplied
Frederick Schaaf has pleaded not guilty to allegedly kidnapping Stuart MacGill. Picture: SuppliedSource: Supplied

“The evidence implies Mr MacGill to a high level. I’m surprised he’s not charged with the actual drug transaction that he says, in his evidence, ‘I had nothing more to do with it, I just introduced the brother-in-law, Mr Sotiropoulos, to a person who I knew used to sell drugs’,” Mr Djemal said.

“The gentleman, now a registered source, he says that this gentleman, MacGill, was an avid user of cocaine and said to be on it all the time or drunk or desperate for money.”

Mr Djemal further told the court that Mr MacGill had an “active” role in negotiating the weight of the drugs involved in the deal to the point that the dealer had offered him a gift because he “put this deal together”.

The Bringelly property where Mr MacGill was allegedly held captive. Source: 7 NEWSSource: Supplied

He further said there was no evidence to support Mr MacGill’s assertions that he had been punched to the front and back of his head, knocked to the ground and suffered a concussion.

Mr Djemal said the only evidence of any injuries was Ms O’Meagher saying she felt a lump on Mr MacGill’s head.

“He doesn’t have one physical injury after those events,” Mr Djemal said.

“If the hits to the front of your face have produced no lumps and you say the onslaught was to the front, the side, knocked you to the ground, how could that be?

“How could his word be that there was a kidnapping? What if he went, saw photos and got brought back?”

Mr Djemal argued that Frederick Schaaf should be released so he could undergo dental treatment because he was at risk of losing his teeth.

The hearing before Justice Richard Button continues.

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