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Home , Dean Mumm, Filo Tiatia, Franco Smith, Jed Brown, Liam Coltman, Lima Sopoaga

SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 SPORTS

TOKYO: of the scores a try against the during the match between the Sunwolves of and the Cheetahs of at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in yesterday. — AFP Cheetahs maul Sunwolves in Tokyo

TOKYO: Flanker Uzair Cassiem scored two would have been a different story,” he told after the restart, the writing was on the wall scored a fifth try for the bonus point before level, when you play at this intensity, we just tries as the Cheetahs thrashed Japan’s reporters. for the Sunwolves, who have won just two replacement back and winger need to keep doing it and keep getting bet- Sunwolves 47-7 in Tokyo yesterday to post “But it wasn’t. In the last two games there’s games since joining Super Rugby last season. iced a comfortable win. ter.” Cheetahs head coach credit- their third victory of the Super Rugby season. been a trend of conceding points when we Sunwolves lock Sam Wykes broke a tackle Tiatia tried to put a positive spin on the result ed the Sunwolves defence for preventing a Defeat by the South Africans left the need to concentrate. That’s certainly one area to reduce the deficit to 19-7 on 47 minutes but it sounded like straw-clutching. rout. “Their defence was exceptional,” he said. Sunwolves with just a sole win from 12 we will try to rectify.” but Cassiem bulldozed over for this second “It was 7-0 with about 32 minutes gone “We dominated territory and possession in matches this campaign-a 21-20 home win Cassiem crashed over in the 16th minute try of the day to dash Sunwolves hopes of a and if you watch that period of play, it could the first half enormously but they managed to over the last month-and Sunwolves before loose forward added a comeback in front of a boisterous Tokyo have swung either way,” said the New keep us out. head coach blaming familiar short- second try just before halftime for the visitors. crowd. To add insult to injury for the home Zealander. “Obviously we want to keep “The result was not a true reflection of the comings. “If we’d taken our opportunities it When capped a fine move early side, Cheetahs hooker improving,” he added. “When you play at this quality of the side we played today.” —AFP Ford wants England to match ’ passion

BRIGHTON: England fly-half George Ford summed up really, just go at has warned the Six Nations champions to everything 100 percent, be emotional and prepare for a “hostile” atmosphere when show that with their physicality. “They’re they travel to Argentina for a two-Test obviously very nice guys off the pitch but series next month. Ford, along with several they flick a switch on it.” other players in the England squad, may Since the tour was scheduled, the series have been overlooked for the British and has been given added spice by the fact that Irish Lions tour of but he England and Argentina have been drawn in insisted there was no time for regrets the same pool, along with France, for the ahead of a testing trip to South America. 2019 World Cup in Japan. With several first-choice players on Lions The last World Cup, in England two years duty, England coach Eddie Jones has ago, saw Argentina make it all the way to selected a mixture of experience hands and the semi-finals. England, by contrast suf- raw novices, with little in between, for the fered an embarrassing first-round exit that Argentina series. led to the sacking of Stuart Lancaster and Facing the Pumas will be a new experi- his replacement by Australian coach Jones. ence for some members of a revamped “I think it will give us a greater understand- England squad but not Ford. “The one ing of how to play against Argentina,” said thing, playing with Argentinian players as the 24-year-old Ford. well, and against them, they’re so passion- “Obviously we had a meeting earlier and ate about the game that that’s the type of we spoke about the World Cup group and game you’re going to come up against,” you’ve basically got to beat some really Ford told AFP at England’s south coast good teams whoever you play. France, training camp in Brighton. “The fans are Argentina, when you get to the quarters, MARSEILLE: RC Toulon’s players (L) celebrate after winning the French match between RC Toulon and La Rochelle, on Friday just (as) passionate and emotional as the it’ll be a tough game. “It will be a really at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France. — AFP players are, it’ll be hostile. good test for us.” “On the pitch they’ll be physical, they Before they leave for Argentina, England get into you and they pride themselves on play the Barbarians in a non- interna- being physical, so it’s something we’ve got tional at Twickenham today. RUGBY to be excited about and take that challenge As well as their Lions, England will be front on. “If you want to win any without players from Exeter and Wasps, these days you’ve probably got to win the who contest the Premiership final at physicality battle and the Argentinians are Twickenham on Saturday. The fact that Highlanders whip Waratahs probably up there with the world’s best at Northampton played on Friday, edging out that,” he added. Stade Francais in a tight final qualifier for next season’s European Champions Cup, to continue late charge ‘FLICK A SWITCH’ means regular captain Dylan Hartley will be Ford, who is returning to Leicester from missing as well. Ford and former England English Premiership rivals Bath in time for skipper Chris Robshaw have been named : The Highlanders extended their Highlanders’ superiority grew from that point. 15 points as South Africa’s Cheetahs outclassed the start of the 2017/18 season, cited as co-captains for the Barbarians match. Super Rugby winning streak to nine games with While the Waratahs have scored 44 tries this Japan’s Sunwolves 47-7 in Tokyo. Pumas wing Horacio Agulla, now with Now a veteran of 35 Tests, Ford was a 44-28 win over the Waratahs season, they have conceded 46. “Same story The Cheetahs, who have now beaten the French club Castres, as a case in point. keen to embrace leadership duties. “I’m yesterday, scoring two tries while the Australian unfortunately,” New South Wales captain Michael Sunwolves in all four of their meetings, “I used to play with Horacio Agulla, at looking to try develop that all the time real- side was down to 14 men during the second Hooper said. “Discipline killed us against a solid approached halftime with a tenuous 7-0 lead. Leicester and Bath. “He never looked like a ly,” he explained. “As a 10, you’re more an half. The Waratahs scored the second of two first- team like the Highlanders who really took their But tries to Marais and Neill Jordaan on either massive winger by any stretch of the imagi- on-field leader but I suppose especially last half tries on the tick of halftime to take a 14-13 opportunities well.” side of the break blew out the lead to 19 points nation, but he punched way above his week and this week with Dylan not being lead to the break. But the sin-binning of lock Earlier yesterday, flanker Uzair Cassiem scored and allowed the -based side to weight, he used to fly into tackles, he used here for example, there’s some more off- for a dangerous lifting tackle in the two tries and flyhalf Niel Marais had a try among pull away. — AP to fly into carries and I thought that field stuff that I’ve tried to develop.” —AFP 45th minute proved costly and the Highlanders needed only a minute to take advantage, scor- ing a try to hooker Liam Coltman to reclaim the lead. Winger Tevita Li scored five minutes later Revenue share is ‘starving’ and the Highlanders were 23-14 ahead. A further rumble on try to replacement winger Rob Thompson, grassroots: Cricket which marked the first of several significant con- tributions from the Highlanders’ bench, made to stay unbeaten : Cricket Australia chief James “We believe we can achieve both a healthy the lead 30-14. Sutherland believes the revenue-share model increase in player payments and our grass- Replacement flyhalf Lima Sopoaga brought MELBOURNE: New Zealand’s Canterbury on ourselves though so we’re locked in and which the body is trying to dump in its ongo- roots funding objectives over the next few new energy to the Highlanders’ attack, scoring a Crusaders won a record-equalling 13th make sure we do.” Replacement Jed Brown ing pay negotiations with players is “starving” years by sensibly adapting the current player 73rd-minute try and contributing to straight game to stay unbeaten in Super scored a double with other tries to Manasa the grassroots of the game of funding. payments model.” Thompson’s and another try by substitute prop Rugby this season with a 41-19 bonus-point Mataele, Seta Tamanivalu, David Kaetau Havili Australia faces the possibility of an embar- With more than 80 percent of the coun- Dan Lienert-Brown. Scrumhalf win over Australia’s in and Mitchell Drummond with fly-half Richie rassing player strike or lockout if the protract- try’s 5,584 cricket facilities currently having came off the bench to score two second-half Melbourne yesterday. Mo’unga landing four conversions and a ed negotiation over a new five-year pay deal no provision for women and girls, meeting tries for the Waratahs and his second in the 77th The benchmark Kiwi outfit scored six tries penalty. The seven-time champion Crusaders for country’s international and state cricketers the needs of female players was the sort of minute made it six tries to four and deprived the to three but encountered stiffer resistance dominated territory and possession, made 15 cannot be resolved by the end of June. project desperately required, he added. Highlanders of a bonus point. The Highlanders from the Rebels in the second half after lead- linebreaks and ran a total of 795 metres with At the heart of the dispute is the arrange- Sutherland said that because the agree- were still able to leapfrog the into second ing 31-7 at half-time. The latest victory some scintillating passages of running rugby ment whereby the players share a fixed per- ment was for revenue rather than profit share, place in the New Zealand conference. equalled the record held by the 2002 as the Rebels struggled to contain the Kiwi centage of up to 26 percent of Cricket any new investment Cricket Australia made Coltman’s try from a lineout and rolling maul Crusaders-who featured current coach Scott juggernauts. The Rebels, under threat of Australia’s revenue, which Sutherland’s execu- would need to guarantee a 32 percent return which exploited Mumm’s absence turned the Robertson. The Crusaders’ free-wheeling win being dropped from next year’s competition, tive team want to end. just to break even, “an untenable situation for game in the Highlanders’ favor. “I think we got stretched New Zealand’s dominance to 20-0 outscored the Crusaders 12-10 in the second The players, through their union, have any business”. “The current model of player momentum and managed to score from the over Australian opposition this season and it half with winger convert Marika remained steadfastly opposed to such a payments has done its job, but now risks lineout and things changed from there,” has been a full year since the last Australian Koroibete scoring two tries. change but Sutherland says it is essential if starving other vital parts of the game,” he Highlanders captain said. “We knew win over a Kiwi team. But Melbourne had more bad luck in their the grassroots of the game is to get the concluded. “That must change.” they were going to come here and really try to It was the -based Crusaders’ fifth straight loss with an apparent serious arm investment it needs. Cricket Australia has come under fire for test us and they did that early.” 11th consecutive win over Australian teams injury to their Wallaby back-rower Sean “The model was created in 1997, when not explaining its position clearly enough in The Waratahs trailed 10-0 after a 14th-minute and kept them firmly entrenched at the top McMahon. McMahon was forced off with a players were poorly paid, but now our top what has been a tense standoff with the try to Richard Buckman but ralled with tries to of the New Zealand conference. suspected broken left arm seven minutes from male players are easily the most highly paid Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA). and winger , the “The team has been great and we’ve used the end, putting him in doubt for the Wallabies’ team sportspeople in Australia,” he wrote in a The ACA yesterday blasted Cricket second from a superb long pass by scrumhalf a number of the boys, everyone when first international of the season against in column in The Weekend Australian yesterday. Australia for “lacking in common sense” Nick Phipps. they’ve had the opportunity has stepped up Melbourne on June 10. The Crusaders still have “The main issue in 2017 is the chronic under- by refusing mediation to end the dis- But there were already worrying signs for the and played really well and tonight was no dif- to play Kiwi title rivals the Otago Highlanders funding of grassroots. This will require an pute and said the governing body’s Waratahs as the Highlanders, through Ben Smith ferent,” Crusaders skipper said. and the in their remain- investment over time of many hundreds of “claims” on the grassroots needed to be and Li, seemed able to puncture the defense at “It’s good (to stay top), but we’re pretty hard ing two games. — AFP millions of dollars and we must start now. closely examined.—Reuters will. Mumm’s sin-binning was a turning point the